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I Think It's A Very Legitimate Aspect Of American Life To Criticize And To Disagree And To Debate. But I Want To Say I Think It's A Lie To Say That The President Lied To The American People. I Sat On The Robb-silverman Commission. I Saw Many, Many Analysts That Came Before That Committee. I Asked Every One Of Them-i Said, 'did-were You Ever Pressured Politically Or Any Other Way To Change Your Analysis Of The Situation As You Saw?' Every One Of Them Said No.

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I Think It's A Very Legitimate Aspect Of American Life To Criticize And To Disagree And To Debate. But I Want To Say I Think It's A Lie To Say That The President Lied To The American People. I Sat On The Robb-silverman Commission. I Saw Many, Many Analysts That Came Before That Committee. I Asked Every One Of Them-i Said, 'did-were You Ever Pressured Politically Or Any Other Way To Change Your Analysis Of The Situation As You Saw?' Every One Of Them Said No.

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This Kind Of Horror Has Become All Too Familiar To Us. As Parents, Cindy And I Offer Our Prayers To The Memory Of The Slain Children And Ask That God Ease The Pain Of Littleton's Suffering Families, ... The Students Of Columbine High School And Children Everywhere Have A Basic Right To Learn In An Environment Free Of Fear And Violence. We Must Redouble Our Efforts To See That This Is A Reality.

If You Talk To These Young Men And Women Who Are Fighting, They'll Tell You That They Think It's A Worthwhile Cause, And They're Fighting For Freedom, And They-well, They-all I'm Saying-the Overwhelming Majority Of Them Do.

Glory Belongs To The Act Of Being Constant To Something Greater Than Yourself, To A Cause, To Your Principles, To The People On Whom You Rely And Who Rely On You In Return.

The Us Does Not Involve Itself In What Is Happening In The World's Largest Democracy, Nor Does It Intend To Do So.

As Almost Anyone With War Experience Knows, You're Never Supposed To Show The Enemy What You Won't Do To Win.

You Cannot Tell The Enemy You're Going To Leave And Expect The Enemy To Not - And Expect To Succeed. I Mean, That's Just A Fundamental Of Warfare.

I Don't Use Coarse Language Very Often. I Have A Larger Vocabulary Than That.

I Can't Believe A Guy That Handsome Wouldn't Have Some Impact.

In The View Of Everyone, I Am A Viable Candidate And I Should Be On The Ballot.

Presidential Ambition Is A Disease That Can Only Be Cured By Embalming Fluid.

If The United States Had Not Intervened In Afghanistan, Then Obviously, We Would Have Then Allowed The Attacks Of 9/11 To Go Unanswered. I Don't Think Most Of Americans Wanted That To Happen.

Being Chairman Of The Senate Commerce Committee Is Like Being A Mosquito In A Nudist Colony.

Our Nation's Continued Prosperity Hinges On Our Ability To Solve Environmental Problems And Sustain The Natural Resources On Which We All Depend.

Our Economy, I Think, Is Still -- The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong.

Americans Have Got To Understand That We Are Paying Present-day Retirees With The Taxes Paid By Young Workers In America Today. And That's A Disgrace. It's An Absolute Disgrace And It's Got To Be Fixed.

I Don't Doubt The Sincerity Of My Democratic Friends. And They Should Not Doubt Ours.

Everybody Says That They're Against The Special Interests. I'm The Only One The Special Interests Don't Give Any Money To.

Improve Human Intelligence To Get Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden

Many Good People Mistake Their Reputation For Their Character. It Is A Mistake I Have Made Many, Many Times.

I Have Known Trent Lott For 20 Years, ... I Don't Believe He's Racist. But He Must Proactively Send A Message To His Colleagues In The Senate And The American People That He Is Absolutely Opposed To Any Segregation In Any Form And Racism In Any Form And Discrimination In Any Form.

I Don’t E-mail, I’ve Never Felt The Particular Need To E-mail.

I Have The Utmost Confidence In General Mattis, General Flynn, General Kelly, Dan Coates. I Couldn't Have Picked A Better Team. And So I'm Confident That Donald Trump Will Listen To Them And Be Guided By Them.

He Was A Superb Military Officer But He Was Also An Extraordinarily Gifted Politician. That He Was An Unusually Open, Honest And No-nonsense Politician Did Not Make Him Unsuited For The Profession, Only Uncommon. In Uniform And In Politics Barry's Purpose Was Always The Defense Of Freedom. And Nobody Before Or Since Managed The Task More Ably Or More Colorfully Than Barry Goldwater.

I Am Proud To Be A Conservative ... But I Am Also Proud Throughout My Life To Have Attracted The Support And The Love And Affection Of People From All Over America And All Parts Of It.

After All This Time And All This, Quote, "experience," How Is She [hillary Clinton] Not Better At This [military]?

It's Impossible To Imagine The Democratic Party Seeking A Pro-life, Free-trading, Non-protectionist Deficit Hawk.

I Am Sure That Senator Clinton Would Make A Good President. I Have No Doubt That Senator Clinton Would Make A Good President.

The Role Of The Vice President Is To Break Ties In The Senate And Inquire Daily Into The Health Of The President.

Even In This Room Full Of Proud Manhattan Democrats. I Can't Shake That Feeling That Some People Here Are Pulling For Me ... I'm Delighted To See You Here Tonight, Hillary.

The Day That I Can Land At The Airport In Baghdad And Ride In An Unarmed Car Down The Highway To The Green Zone Is The Day That I'll Start Considering Withdrawals From Iraq.

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