In the marketplace, even in politics, we recognize that competing interests in the long run produce a more fit economy and better livings standards, challenges in equitable distribution of benefits notwithstanding.

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So we support this progress, but we obviously recognize that there's a long road to travel here to get to a final result.

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In the long term, we recognize that many of NASA's programs require multi-year funding and, hence, we have provided the agency the outyear stability to appropriately conduct these programs.

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We can only wonder how long it will be before ALL corporations recognize that aligning business core competencies with the needs of society creates shareholder value.

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And what I've learned is that when you have major issues that are centuries in the making--and certainly poverty and the intersection between poverty and racial discrimination has been in this country for a long, long time--what we have to do is to recognize that we're not going to reverse it overnight, but we can make steady progress.

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If we want to retain the long-term fixed-rate mortgage, it makes sense to recognize up front that there might be times when it is costly, do our best to develop fees to largely cover such potential costs, and try to put private sector entities in first loss positions before taxpayers bear any cost.

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It would be good for our environment, because one of the things, obviously, that we have to recognize is, is that no matter what we do, oil prices are going to be going up over the long term.

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On the other side, there are those who have long advocated for nuclear power -- including many Republicans -- who have to recognize that we're not going to achieve a big boost in nuclear capacity unless we also create a system of incentives to make clean energy profitable.

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