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“There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker, John Boehner.”
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“If I cannot trust someone's judgment, I cannot ask others to do so, and I would not place him at the head of my political operation.”
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“America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.”
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“Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.”
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“They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers.”
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“I think the presidency is much too serious a thing to just play politics with.”
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“You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.”
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“As we all grow and we get older, there are always little changes about our personality that happen.”
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“The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.”
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“I believe in my heart that I am ready to work to restore America to its rightful place in the world.”
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“The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America.”
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“Only in America, where someone like me could have the opportunity to seek the highest office the world has to offer. Not only can all of us achieve whatever dream we want to achieve because of the place where we live and the opportunities it gives us, but that we not only can do it together, but we have to do it together!”
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“If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.”
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“I love to hug my children. I love to tell them I love them every day before they leave for school or before I leave for work. And I think that's the most important thing you can do as a father is to make sure that your children know they're loved.”
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“Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.”
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“People have the absolute right to preach and to think and to say whatever they believe, and at the same time those beliefs can't be used as the basis for denying other people their equal rights and their equal freedom.”
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“I'm quite sure that no court is telling anybody that they cannot say whatever they want to say.”
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“When people run a business and open their door to the public, they must serve the public. That doesn't mean they can't say whatever they want to say. It doesn't mean they can't believe whatever they want to believe. Those are protected also. But businesses must serve the public. And that's a principle that we fought for in this country over many, many decades, when some were invoking religious freedom as an excuse to deny people on the basis of their race, on the basis of their religion, on the basis of sex and on the basis now of sexual orientation. Let's not confuse one thing with the other.”
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“People have an absolute right to believe what they want to believe and to say what they want to say, and churches have an absolute protection to preach and do and not do whatever they choose to do within their houses of worship. But nondiscrimination laws apply to the commercial marketplace and they do protect all of us.”
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“I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to advance our interests and support for democracy and human rights.”
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“I know the human spirit. I haven't found a wall that can be built that a determined human being can't get over, under or around.”
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“Be careful about anybody who's running for president who's going to tell you that they're going to build a wall across the entire southern border. It's not going to happen. It is the wrong message to send. And it's not going to be effective.”
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“The American people are tired. They're tired of the bickering in Washington, D.C., and the lack of action.”
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“I think people hear the question they want to hear.”
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“When you're pro-life, you need to be pro-life for the whole life.”
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“It is heartbreaking to me that I wasn't told the truth. I'm a very loyal guy, and I expect loyalty in return. And lying to me is not an exhibition of loyalty.”
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“I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus-group tested, blow- dried candidate or governor.”
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“I'm not in the business of satisfying everybody. I'm in the business of trying to satisfy the people who elected me governor.”
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“It's easy for people to be characterized in public life based upon their personality, and I have a very direct, blunt personality. And I understand why some people would then characterize that, especially people who don't like you, as bullying, but it's not that.”
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