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“I'm so glad we had that storm last week.”
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“We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business.”
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“America's the one country in the world where anybody who comes here does better than where they came from.”
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“I think we all [americans] think we're a special country. But the question is, what - what call does that give us?”
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“I look back to the Great Depression, and what Roosevelt was able to do in very difficult times, to get Social Security through back in the time when it was seen as - well, it wasn't what it is today. It was sort of a last-ditch, if you really need it, you got it, but, today, it's much more a part of your retirement program.”
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“Medicare, getting through that in the '60s, after Kennedy's assassination, where there was such an emotional desire to do something to carry on his agenda.”
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“Every party and every movement tends to need a hero.”
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“I am no longer going to go along with this idea that we're going to keep spending and borrowing and taking over and raising taxes, that I'm going to do everything I can to change things.”
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“What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?”
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“I think, any politician, you have to hold them to their word. And conservatives run on fiscal conservatism. .”
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“The whole reason we organize grassroots is, we think any politician that gets elected needs to be held accountable 365 days a year.”
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“Paying tax is not a punishment. It's a responsibility.”
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“The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.”
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“People don`t like getting dirty or living in an environment that`s been contaminated and is covered in hazardous waste.”
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“There ought to be an onus on the people that want a law, rather than people that don`t need a new law.”
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“People do have a - people, unlike politicians, are allowed to change their minds. People are allowed to look back and say, you know what, all things considered, I don't think that was the smart move.”
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“Presidents aren`t supposed to spit, at least not obviously.”
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“Wouldn`t it be great for some of the Republican candidates to stand up to the money guys and say, if you want a presidential nominee who will do what the Bushes did, go from war to war, look elsewhere.”
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“It's a fact of life that positive reasons don't always get people to vote. You need some negative reasons.”
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“Stop calling me communist. Stop calling the rest of us communists. You`ve got to stand up for what you believe should be the American government`s spirit, not what you`re just attacking people`s credibility.”
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“Natural-born American means you don`t have to be naturalized. You were born to an American mother, like President Obama, no matter where you were born.”
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“Nothing is as important as the biggest day in your life.”
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“In the world of late-night comics, Letterman made us feel any hometown boy from Indianapolis could poke fun at celebrities and politicians and do it right to their faces.”
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“It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.”
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“My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often.”
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“Everything he's done is clean as a whistle. He's never not only broken any law, he's never done anything wrong.”
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“And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.”
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“We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely.”
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