Immigration And Border Security Remain Critical Issues That I Am Committed To Addressing This Year. The Good News Is That Illegal Immigration Is At An All-time Low, Making Now The Time To Dedicate The Needed Technology And Resources To Finally Secure The Border For Good. As Border Security Improves, I Look Forward To Working In A Bipartisan Manner To Fix Our Broken Immigration System And Address The Millions Of People Living In The United States Outside Of Legal Status.

-John McCain

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Let's Move Forward To Try To Address The Most Egregious And Outrageous Corrupting Aspect Of Campaigns In America Today And That Is The Incredible Inundation Of Soft Money And Its Pernicious Effects.

Moving

America

Trying

I Think My Major Challenge, Very Frankly, Is To Maintain The Traction, ... I've Seen Many Campaigns Here In The State Of New Hampshire Look Good For A While, And Then The Air Comes Out Of The Balloon.

Thinking

Air

Challenges

Just Stop At One Of These Construction Sites And Look And See Who Those Workers Are. They're All Hispanic ... And I Bet You They're Illegal.

Looks

Construction Sites

Illegal

The Iranians Have A Lousy Government, So Therefore Their Economy Is Lousy, Even Though They Have Significant Oil Revenues. So I Am Convinced That Together, We Can, With The French, With The British, With The Germans And Other Countries, Democracies Around The World, We Can Affect Iranian Behavior. But Have No Doubt, But Have No Doubt That The Iranians Continue On The Path To The Acquisition Of A Nuclear Weapon. And It Is A Threat Not Only In This Region But Around The World.

Country

Doubt

Together

I Think The American People Should Know There's Already Strong Influences Toward Another Deployment Of American Troops In An Open-ended Commitment.

Strong

Commitment

Thinking

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.

Prayer

Children

Pain

I Am A Computer Illiterate That Has To Rely On My Wife For All Of The Assistance I Can Get.

Wife

Illiterate

Rely

There's A Certain Romanticism Associated With Exploration Of Space, Which Is One Of The Major Factors Why We'll Continue.

Space

Exploration

Certain

Efforts To Bring About Democracy Have Hit A Wall And Are Going Backwards.

Wall

Democracies Have

Effort

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

Doubt

Sincerity

Should

If We Do Nothing, We Are Handing Our Children A Ticking Time Bomb That Will Require They Pay Ever Greater Payroll Taxes Just As They Are Beginning Their Careers, Starting Their Own Families And Staking Their Claim To The American Dream.

Dream

Children

Careers

Anybody Who Believes The Surge Has Not Succeeded, Militarily, Politically And In Most Other Ways, Frankly, Does Not Know The Facts On The Ground.

Believe

Doe

Way

There Is Always An Element Of Realpolitik That Has To Be Present In The Conduct Of Any Nation's National Security Affairs. At The Same Time, We Have To Also Have A Balance Between Realpolitik And Wilsonian Principles Of Freedom And Democracy And Human Rights. And Maintaining That Balance Is The Greatest Challenge That We In The West, Including The Federal Republic Of Germany, Have To Face Because It's Many Times A Very Difficult Decision-making Process.

Rights

Decision

Challenges

I Have Said From The Beginning That Pat Buchanan Left The Republican Party The Day He Questioned America's Involvement In Defeating Nazi Germany.

Party

America

Germany

Free Trade With Colombia Is Something That's A No-brainer.

Colombia

Trade

Free Trade

And The People Who Live In The Southern Part Of My State Do Not Have A Secure Environment. To Wit, There Are Signs That The Government Put Up That Say, "warning. You Are In A Drug Smuggling Area And A Human Smuggling Area."

Government

People

Southern

I Wrestled And Played Football In High School And In My Last Year, I Started As A Wrestler And Actually Had A Fairly Good Record. But I Hated To Lose. I Always Gave It Everything I Had Which, Unfortunately, Was Not As Much As I'd Hoped For. But Keep In Mind, I Feel Like I Got The Most Out Of My Ability. One Moment That Was Special Above All The Rest Was Winning My Last Bout At The Naval Academy To Finish The Entire Summer Undefeated. That Was Thrilling, But What's More, It Helped Me In Prison Because The First Time I Got Knocked Around By The Vietnamese, It Did Not Come As A Total Shock.

Summer

Football

School

I'm Not Running For President Because I Think I'm Blessed With Such Personal Greatness That History Has Anointed Me To Save Our Country In Its Hour Of Need. My Country Saved Me. My Country Saved Me, And I Cannot Forget It. And I Will Fight For Her For As Long As I Draw Breath, So Help Me God.

Running

Country

Blessed

I Would Vote For A Muslim If He Or She Was The Best Candidate Able To Lead The Country And Defend Our Political Values.

Country

Political

Able

As A Governor And Senator, John Chafee Set The Standard For Honesty And Decency That The Rest Of Us On Our Best Days Could Only Dream To Emulate.

Dream

Honesty

Standards

I Was An Addict. That's Why, ... I Tell You, Addiction Is A Very Cunning Enemy.

Addiction

Enemy

Cunning

I Think They Put Some Lipstick On A Pig, But It's Still A Pig.

Thinking

Pigs

Stills

My Preference Would Be To Remain In The Senate, ... But You Can't Say I Would Refuse To Serve In One Of Those (cabinet) Capacities. It's Not The Same As Vice President.

President

Vices

Would Be

I Have Said Many Times In The Past I Don't Choose To Be Vice President, Either Republican, Democrat, Libertarian Or Vegetarian.

Past

President

Vices

What Evidence Do We Have That States Are Incapable Of Further Exercising An Authority They Have Exercised Successfully For Over 200 Years?

Exercise

Years

Authority

Europeans Are Greater Than They Have Been Since Any Time Since The End Of The Cold War.

War

Cold

Ends

The World Is On Fire.

Fire

World

Women Need The Education And Training, Particularly Since More And More Women Are Heads Of Their Households, As Much Or More Than Anybody Else...and It's Hard For Them To Leave Their Families When They Don't Have Somebody To Take Care Of Them....it's A Vicious Cycle That's Affecting Women, Particularly In A Part Of The Country Like This, Where Mining Is The Mainstay; Traditionally, Women Have Not Gone Into That Line Of Work, To Say The Least.

Country

Training

Needs

Senator Obama Voted Against Justice Breyer And Justice Roberts On The Grounds That They Didn't Meet His Ideological Standards. That's Not The Way We Should Judge These Nominees. Elections Have Consequences.

Justice

Judging

Way

I Actually Think If The American People Understood What Was Going On Instead Of Just Being Told Tidbits By This Administration, They Would Actually Be A Lot More Supportive Of The Boots On The Ground.

Thinking

People

Supportive

You May Have Noticed That Senator Obama’s Supporters Have Been Saying Some Pretty Nasty Things About Western Pennsylvania Lately. And You Know, I Couldn’t Agree With Them More.

Pennsylvania

May

Nasty

At No Time Have I Ever Done Anything That Would Betray The Public Trust.

Done

Betray

Public Trust

Some Of Us Are More Favorably Disposed Than Others.

When A Major Airline Goes On A Route That A New Entrant Has Gone Into, Reduces Fares, Increases Capacity, And Then When The New Entrant Goes Off, They Leave The Route, That's Not Competition.

Competition

Gone

Goes On

Just By Coincidence, Senator Teddy Kennedy And I, In The Last Couple Of Days, After Several Months Of Negotiations, Have Reached An Agreement For An Immigration Proposal That We Will Be Putting Out Next Week, ... Our Proposal Is Along The Lines Of Make Them Pay A Fine Of A Couple Thousand Dollars, Make Them Work For Three Years, And After Three Years They Can Get In The Back Of The Line For A Green Card And Then Eventually Become Citizens.

Couple

Agreement

Next Week

I Was Concerned About A Couple Of Steps That The Russian Government Took In The Last Several Days. One Was Reducing The Energy Supplies To Czechoslovakia.

Couple

Government

Energy

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.

America

Today

Fixed

I Don't Know How You Defeat An Insurgency Unless You Have Some Handle On The Number Of People That You Are Facing.

Numbers

People

Defeat

I Appreciate The Decision Made By Gov. Brewer To Veto This Legislation. I Hope That We Can Now Move On From This Controversy And Assure The American People That Everyone Is Welcome To Live, Work And Enjoy Our Beautiful State Of Arizona.

Beautiful

Moving

Gay

Despite Occasional Policy Differences Between Us, I Have Long Respected Jim Jeffords' Integrity, And His Conscientious Service To His Constituents And To The Nation.

Integrity

Differences

Long

The Russians Are Succeeding In Continuing Their Dismemberment Of Ukraine, They're Succeeding In Exerting Enormous Influence In The Middle East, Which They Never Had Before. They Are Succeeding - They Have Succeeded In Interfering With Our Election, And We Know That They Continue That In The French Elections And Other Elections. And So Far They Have Paid A Little Or No Penalty For All Of This Misbehavior.

Ukraine

Middle East

Littles

I Will Not Agree To Have This Bill [to Repeal Dadt ] Go Forward, Because Our Economy Is In The Tank.

Tanks

Bills

Economy

Now That We Have The Line-item Veto There Is No Excuse For Congress To Put Pork In And No Reason For The President Not To Line-item Veto It Out.

President

Pork

Lines

Bin Laden’s Death And The Debate Over Torture.

Debate

Torture

Bin Laden

The Only Way You Approach Politics And Seek Elective Office Is To Move Forward. For Me To Look Back In Anger Or With Any Rancor Would Be A Mistake.

Mistake

Moving

Office

Certify Border Is Secure; Only Then Allow Guest Workers.

Guests

Borders

Workers

In Prison, I Fell In Love With My Country. I Had Loved Her Before Then, But Like Most Young People, My Affection Was Little More Than A Simple Appreciation For The Comforts And Privileges Most Americans Enjoyed And Took For Granted. It Wasn't Until I Had Lost America For A Time That I Realized How Much I Loved Her.

Country

Appreciation

Simple

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.

America

People

Support

As Part Of My Misspent Youth, I Spent Too Much Time In The Sun, And Every Few Months, I Have To Go And Have Some Basal Cell Removed From My Old Craggy Features.

Cells

Too Much

Months

The Day That The Leadership Of The Military Comes To Me And Says, "senator, We Ought To Change The Policy," Then I Think We Ought To Consider Seriously Changing It.

Military

Thinking

Policy

Bashar Assad Is A Major Cause Of The Refugees Which Are Now Flooding Europe And Causing Such Consternation In The United States.

Europe

United States

Causes

I Think We Need To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions. But I Try To Get Involved In Issues Where I See A Legislative Result... So I Just Leave The Issue Alone Because I Don't See A Way Through It, And There Are Certain Fundamentals, For Example Nuke Power, That People On The Left Will Never Agree With Me On. So Why Should I Waste My Time When I Know The People On The Left Are Going To Reject Nuclear Power?

Thinking

Issues

People

Events Are Moving Fast In My Campaign, And Yes, It's True That This Morning I've Dismissed My Entire Team Of Senior Advisers. All Of Their Positions Will Now Be Held By A Man Named 'joe The Plumber.'

Senior

Morning

Team

I Think, Again, Neither Of These Candidates [donald Trump And Hillary Clinton] Is Blowing Me Away. Actually, I Would Like Both Of Them To Get More Policy Specific.

Thinking

Clinton

Trump

They're All Tied Together: Taxes, Medicare, Social Security, And The Debt. We've Got To Have A Setting Of Priorities, And Looking At It - At Each Of Them As Disconnected, I Think, Doesn't Properly Address These Major Challenges.

Thinking

Priorities

Challenges

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.

Fighting

Men

Thinking

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

Environmental

Conservative

Problem

...sound Foreign Policy Is More Than Arms Control, Foreign Aid And Paying (united Nations) Dues.

Sound

Arms

Aids

Many Of The Countries Outpacing The United States In The Deployment Of High Speed Internet Services, Including Canada, Japan And South Korea, Have Successfully Combined Municipal Systems With Privately Deployed Networks To Wire Their Countries, .. As A Country, We Cannot Afford To Cut Off Any Successful Strategy If We Want To Remain Internationally Competitive.

Country

Cutting

Successful

We Were Pleased To Hear The President State His Firm Commitment That He Will Do Whatever Is Necessary To Accomplish This Important Goal.

Commitment

Goal

Important

Why Is Chelsea Clinton So Ugly? Because Her Father Is Janet Reno.

Father

Ugly

Clinton

Iran Launches Monkey Into Space

Iran

Space

Monkeys

I Think That Decisions Should Rest In The Hands Of The States. I'm A Federalist.

Thinking

Hands

Decision

Torture Doesn't Work.

Torture

War Is Awful. Nothing, Not The Valor With Which It Is Fought Nor The Nobility Of The Cause It Serves, Can Glorify War. War Is Wretched Beyond Description And Only A Fool Or A Fraud Could Sentimentalize Its Cruel Reality. Whatever Is Won In War, It Is Loss The Veteran Remembers.

War

Loss

Reality

I'm Not President Bush

President

President Bush

What I Don't Know Is What The Unexpected Might Be.

Silly

Might

Conservative

As Long As There Is A War On Terrorism Going On, We're All Going To Have To Work Together.

War

Long

Working Together

If Money Is Free Speech, The Big Interests Are Sitting In Front With Megaphones And The Average Citizens Are Sitting In The Back.

Average

Citizens

Sitting

War Is Wretched Beyond Description, And Only A Fool Or A Fraud Could Sentimentalize Its Cruel Reality.

Peace

War

Reality

I Am Not President Bush.

President

President Bush

I Cannot In Good Conscience Vote In Favor Of Tax Cuts, Irrespective Of Their Size, Or To Which Segment Of The Population They Are Targeted. Nor Can I Support Any Spending Increases That Are Not Related To Improving Our Nation's Defense From The Obvious And Serious Threats Facing Us Today.

Cutting

Support

Population

Since When Is The Intelligence Agency Supposed To Be An Air Force Of Drones That Goes Around Killing People? I Believe That It's A Job For The Department Of Defense.

Jobs

Believe

Agency

The Issue Of Economics Is Not Something I've Understood As Well As I Should. I've Got Greenspan's Book.

Book

Issues

Economics

I Love The Veterans. And I'll Take Care Of Them. And They Know That I'll Take Care Of Them. And That's Going To Be My Job. But, Also, I Have The Ability, And The Knowledge, And The Background To Make The Right Judgments, To Keep America Safe And Secure.

Care

Veteran

Judgment

My Patriotism And My Conscience Required Me To Support It And To Engage In The Debate Over Whether And How To Fight It.

Patriotic

Fighting

Support

I Asked That I Not Be Considered For Vice President Of The United States.

President

Vices

United States

I Can Only Express Satisfaction That The Dear Leader Is Joining The Likes Of Gaddafi, Bin Laden, Hitler, And Stalin In A Warm Corner Of Hell.

Leader

Gaddafi

Joining

Because The People Of New Hampshire Take Their Responsibilities As Citizens Of The Republic Seriously, They Keep It Interesting For Candidates Who, Believe It Or Not, Can Get A Little Tired Of The Mannered, Predictable, And Unimaginative Qualities That Typically Afflict Modern Political Campaigns.

Believe

Tired

Responsibility

And By The Way, I Would Not Only Reappoint Greenspan; If Greenspan Would Happen To Die, God Forbid, I Would Do Like They Did In The Movie 'weekend At Bernie's.' I Would Prop Him Up And Put A Pair Of Dark Glasses On Him.

Dark

Weekend

Glasses

The Point To Me Is Not What Donald Trump Is Saying Because We Keep Reacting To Just Things He Says In His Tweets. What He Is Doing Is Important.

Important

Trump

I Would Never Want To See Myself Viewed As Beating The Drums Of War, ... But I Would Rather Live With That Image Than Look Into The Mirror And See A Member Of Congress Who Failed To Do His Duty.

War

Mirrors

Looks

It's Always The Wacko Birds On Right And Left That Get The Media Megaphone.

Memorable

Media

Bird

Sen. Obama Is A Decent Person And A Person You Don't Have To Be Scared Of As President Of The United States.

President

United States

Scared

There Are 11 Million People Living In The Shadows. I Believe They Deserve To Come Out Of The Shadows. The Children Who Are Brought Here When They Were Children, They Deserve That Kind Of Consideration As Well.

Children

Believe

People

I Have Campaigned For Reform Efforts All Over The Country, ... What Happens In California Has Significant Effect In States Like Mine That Are Nearby. It's Just A Reality.

Country

Reality

California

Americans Have Gotten To Know Sarah Palin. They Know That She's A Role Model To Women And Other - And Reformers All Over America. She's A Reformer.

America

Role Models

Roles

You Know That Old Beach Boys Song, Bomb Iran? Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.

Song

Beach

Boys

Russia Has Now Become A Nation Fueled By Petro-dollars That Is Basically A Kgb Apparatchik-run Government.

I Know What War's Like. I Know What Scene's Like.

War

Scene

Knows

I Am Proud To Do So For I Know That By Supporting George W. Bush, I Serve My Country Well.

Country

Proud

Wells

Nothing In Life Is More Liberating Than To Fight For A Cause Larger Than Yourself, Something That Encompasses You But Is Not Defined By Your Existence Alone.

Fighting

Causes

Life Is

We Are United In A Wait-and-see Approach.

Waiting

United

Approach

At Least I Don’t Plaster On The Makeup Like A Trollop, You Cunt.

Makeup

Plasters

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

Strong

Thinking

Fundamentals

Katrina Did Not Declare A Truce On Iraq.

Iraq

Truce

Katrina

I Looked Into Mr. Putin's Eyes, And I Saw Three Letters, A "k," A "g," And A "b."

Eye

There's One Big Difference Between Me And The Others - I Won't Take Every Last Dime Of The Surplus And Spend It On Tax Cuts That Mostly Benefit The Wealthy. I'll Use The Bulk Of The Surplus To Secure Social Security Far Into The Future To Keep Our Promise To The Greatest Generation.

Cutting

Differences

Promise

Courage Is The Enforcing Virtue, The One That Makes Possible All The Other Virtues Common To Exceptional Leaders: Honesty, Integrity, Confidence, Compassion And Humility

Leadership

Honesty

Integrity

I Have Said For A Long Time That I Thought The President Would Be Best Served If The Attorney General Resigned So I Think It's The Right Thing To Do.

Thinking

Long

President

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.

Lying

Thinking

People

Responsibility Always Stops At The President's Desk.

Responsibility

President

Desks

Men And Women Serving In The Military Deserve Better Than What They're Giving - What We're Giving Them. They Don't Know What They're Going To Be Doing Tomorrow.

Military

Men

Giving

As Long As Americans Are Not Being Injured Or Harmed Or Wounded Or Killed, It's Fine With Me And I Hope It Would Be Fine With You If We Maintain A Presence In A Very Volatile Part Of The World Where Al Qaeda Is Training, Recruiting, Equipping And Motivating People Every Single Day.

Long

People

Training

In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations.

Century

21st Century

Nations

But I Also Want To Change The Dynamics Of This Debate, Which Has Kept Us Gridlocked Into Positions Which Caused People To Shoot At Abortion Clinics And Other Americans To View It As The Only Issue In American Politics, ... There Are Areas We Can Agree On. ... We Need To Work Together To Eliminate Abortion.

Views

Issues

People

I Admire Obama, And I Like Him. I Think He Has A Great Deal Of Talent. He Should Be Applauded For His Eloquence And For His Ability To Motivate Millions.

Thinking

Talent

Admire

We Must Be True To Ourselves. And We Must Be True To Others, Whether They Believe We Are Or Not.

Believe

Being True

We Should Exhibit No Self Doubt To Our Friends, ... Credibility Is A Strategic Asset.

Self

Doubt

Assets

I Believe We're All Aware That There Are People And Organizations Throughout The World Who Are Bent On Destroying America, Everything We Stand For And Inflicting Harm On American Citizens. It Is The Obligation Of The President Of The United States To Respond To Those. I Believe, I Must Add, That This Adminstration For The Last Seven Months Has Neglected Compelling National Security Threats Besides This ... I Hope That The President Will Not Confine His Activities To Just This.

Believe

Seven Months

Organization

The Benefit Of An Open Town Hall Meeting Is One That You Get To Hear A Lot Of Different Views, And Two It Has Credibility.

Views

Two

Different

I'm Not Surprised That Governor Dean Would Oppose [the $87 Billion To Fund Iraq Reconstruction].... I've Lost Confidence That He Has Any Understanding Of The National Security Responsibilities Of A President... [b]ecause I Don't Believe That He Has Any Understanding Of The International Role That The United States Has To Play In The World. I Think It's A Kind Of A Pseudo-isolationism That Appeals To The Base Of The Caucus Voters. I Do Not Believe That Particularly In The Case Of Iraq That Governor Dean Has Any Fundamental Understanding Of What's At Stake Here.

Believe

Responsibility

Thinking

The United States Of American Business Pays The Second-highest Business Taxes In The World, 35 Percent. Ireland Pays 11 Percent. Now, If You're A Business Person, And You Can Locate Any Place In The World, Then, Obviously, If You Go To The Country Where It's 11 Percent Tax Versus 35 Percent, You're Going To Be Able To Create Jobs, Increase Your Business, Make More Investment, Et Cetera. I Want To Cut That Business Tax. I Want To Cut It So That Businesses Will Remain In The United States Of America And Create Jobs.

Country

Cutting

World

We Must Win In Iraq. If We Withdraw, There Will Be Chaos, There Will Be Genocide, And They Will Follow Us Home.

Home

Winning

Iraq

My Hero Is A Guy Named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt Used To Say, Walk Softly, Talk Softly But Carry A Big Stick.

Hero

Guy

Sticks

As Part Of Social Security Reform, I Believe That Private Savings Accounts Are A Part Of It - Along The Lines That President Bush Proposed.

Believe

President

Lines

But Certainly In The Short Term, Or Even The Long Term, I Would Not Support Repeal Of Roe V. Wade, Which Would Then Force X Number Of Women In America To [undergo] Illegal And Dangerous Operations.

Numbers

America

Long

The Core Political Values Of Our Free Society Are So Deeply Embedded In Our Collective Consciousness That Only A Few Malcontents, Lunatics Generally, Ever Dare To Threaten Them.

Political

Consciousness

Embedded

Do You Know Why Chelsea Clinton Is So Ugly? Because Janet Reno Is Her Father.

Father

Ugly

Clinton

I Have The Greatest Appreciation For Governor [sarah] Palin And Her Family. There's Great Joy To Know Them.

Appreciation

Joy

Palin

There's A Misnomer That Hillary Clinton Is As Hawkish As I Am, Basically.

Clinton

I 'don't See How It Matters' That I Don't Know The Price Of Gas.

Matter

Gas

Knows

I'm Very Optimistic About My Home State Of Arizona...

Home

Optimistic

Arizona

I Can Tell You That I Think America Is Safer Today Than It Was On 9/11. But That Doesn't Mean That We Don't Have A Long Way To Go.

Mean

Thinking

Long

I Will Follow Osama Bin Laden To The Gates Of Hell.

Osama Bin Laden

Hell

Gates

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.

Believe

Years

Racism

I Appreciate Our Government's Determination To Investigate The Circumstances Surrounding The Death Of The Bytyqi Brothers, Which Serbia's Interior Minister Has Rightly Called 'an Exceptionally Serious Crime,' And Hope The Serbian Government's Pledge Of Full Cooperation... Is Matched By A Final Accounting Of Their Murder.

Determination

Brother

Government

I Just Think That We Ought To Protect The Social Security Fund.

Thinking

Social

Protect

I Say To Our Enemies: We Are Coming. God May Have Mercy On You, But We Won't

Memorial Day

Enemy

May

I Have Had A Strong And A Long Relationship On National Security, I've Been Involved In Every National Crisis That This Nation Has Faced Since Beirut, I Understand The Issues, I Understand And Appreciate The Enormity Of The Challenge We Face From Radical Islamic Extremism. I Am Prepared. I Am Prepared. I Need No On-the-job Training. I Wasn't A Mayor For A Short Period Of Time. I Wasn't A Governor For A Short Period Of Time.

Strong

Jobs

Islamic

So Ahmadinejad Wants To Be The First Iranian In Space - Wasn't He There Just Last Week? 'iran Launches Monkey Into Space.'

Space

Iran

Firsts

I Am Confident, With The Leadership And The Backing Of The American People, President Obama Will Turn This Country Around.

Country

People

President

The 'main Street' Retailers ... See Customers Come To The Store To Locate Items ... Only To Leave And Order The Items Over The Internet Just To Escape The Sales Tax.

Order

Internet

Main Street

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.

Team

Trump

Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise - Not Our Political Opponents, And Certainly Not A Disingenuous Filmmaker, Who Would Have Us Believe.

Believe

Political

Opponents

The Facts Are Facts And Records Are Records.

Records

Facts

It Is Because I Owe America More Than She Has Ever Owed Me That I Am A Candidate For President To The United States.

America

President

United States

The Question Is Not Whether You Would Like To Be President Or Not. The Question Is: Do You Think You Can Win And Do You Want To Run? And None Of Those Are Clear To Me.

Running

Winning

Thinking

I Say That The United States Of America Is A Unique Experiment In History. I Believe In American Exceptionalism. I Wasn't For Sending Ground Forces Into Libya. It Would Have Been Counterproductive, But We Are An Inspiration To These People. I Know Because I've Looked Them In The Eyes, And They Looked At Me. They Look To America For Inspiration And Leadership.

Believe

Inspiration

Eye

And We Are In A Strange Conundrum. You Can Kill An American Citizen Overseas. But According To This Administration, If You Capture Him In The United States, They've Got To Be Read Their Miranda Rights.

Rights

Administration

United States

This Is The Free Enterprise System. The Only Place In The World That I Can Recall Where Companies Never Failed Was The Old Soviet Union. This Is What Investors Do In Free Enterprise And Capitalism System. [...[ And, Yes, Free Enterprise System Can Be Cruel. But The Problem With This Administration Is That Small Businesses Are The One Who Had Suffered The Most, The Kind That Need Investors, The Kinds That Don't Need The Hundreds Of Pages, Thousands Of Pages Of Regulations That Continue To Plague Them And Have Them Hold Back On The Hiring Investment.

Needs

World

Unions

But We Have A War Of Ideals And Ideas, And That Is To Sell Democracy.

War

Ideas

Historical

I Take A Backseat To No One In My Affection, Respect And Devotion To Veterans. And I Will Not Accept From Senator Obama, Who Did Not Feel It Was His Responsibility To Serve Our Country In Uniform, Any Lectures On My Regard For Those Who Did.

Country

Responsibility

Uniforms

I Am A Republican. I'm Loyal To The Party Of Abraham Lincoln And Theodore Roosevelt. And I Believe That My Party, In Some Ways, Has Strayed From Those Principles, Particularly On The Issue Of Fiscal Discipline.

Party

Believe

Issues

I've Seen Enough Killing In My Life. I Know How Precious Human Life Is And I Don't Need A Lecture From You.

Needs

Lectures

Life Is

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.

Military

Tasks

Defense

We Can't Disrupt Polling Places Anymore, ... It Doesn't Serve Any Purpose. It Just Makes People Mad.

People

Mad

Purpose

That's Joe Biden Right There - Unbowed, Unbroken And Unable To Stop Talking.

Talking

Biden

Unbroken

We Can't Cut And Run.

Running

Cutting

America Has Much To Gain In Terms Of Jobs And Trade By Meeting The Growing World Demand For Advanced, Environmentally Sound Technologies.

Jobs

Technology

America

There Is No Doubt In My Mind That Rudy Giuliani In The Senate Will Be A Leader For The People Of New York But Also For The People Of Arizona And The People All Over This Country.

Country

New York

People

Excessive Administration Secrecy... Feeds Conspiracy Theories And Reduces The Public's Confidence In Government.

Government

Administration

Conspiracy

Stocks Have Tanked. Shouldn't You Have Asked For That Money Back?

3 "amnesty" Didn't Mean Rewarding Illegal Behavior.

Mean

Amnesty

Behavior

I Am Very Much In Favor Of Tax Cuts.

Cutting

Favors

Taxes

What If There's Another Terrorist Attack? I Cringe At The Ideas Of Our Enemies Watching This, Knowing Much Like The President We Have Now. You Can Do Anything You Want, You Can Jerk Us Around, You Can Harass Our Naval Ships The Way Iran Is Doing Right Now, And We're Not Going To Do Anything. We're Not Going To React.

Iran

Ideas

Knowing

We Make The Future Better Than The Past. We Don't Hide From History. We Make History.

Past

Neither Party Should Be Defined By Pandering To The Outer Reaches Of American Politics And The Agents Of Intolerance, Whether They Be Louis Farrakhan And Al Sharpton On The Left, Or Pat Robertson Or Jerry Falwell On The Right.

Party

Als

Agents

A Man I Admire And Respect - Congressman John Lewis, An American Hero, Made Allegations That Sarah Palin And I Were Somehow Associated With The Worst Chapter In American History, Segregation, Deaths Of Children In Church Bombings, George Wallace. That, To Me, Was So Hurtful.

Children

Hero

Men

Reducing Military Presence Has Never In History Won A War.

Military

War

Reducing

Tolerance Of Dissent Is The Hallmark Of A Mature Party, And It Is Well Past Time For The Republican Party To Grow Up.

Growing Up

Party

Past

We Know That This Nation Entered Into Solemn Treaties [with Indian Tribes] Which Have Been Continuously Violated For More Than 250 Years. It's A Disgrace. It's An Outrage. We Must Do Everything In Our Power To Keep Those Treaties. Otherwise, The Word Of The United States Government Is No Good.

Years

Government

Tribes

We Have To Love Our Freedom, Not Just For The Private Opportunities It Provides, But For The Goodness It Makes Possible.

Patriotic

Opportunity

Goodness

My Reading Of The Threat From Iran Is That If Iran Acquires Nuclear Weapons, It Is An Existential Threat To The State Of Israel And To Other Countries In The Region Because The Other Countries In The Region Will Feel Compelling Requirement To Acquire Nuclear Weapons As Well. Now We Cannot A Second Holocaust.

Country

Reading

Holocaust

I Am The Son And Grandson Of Navy Admirals, And I Was Born Into America's Service. It Wasn't Until I Was Deprived Of Her Company That I Fell In Love With America.

Son

America

Navy

I Think We Also Ought To Prepare The American Public, By Way Of Informing Them, That Saddam Hussein Has These Weapons, Continues To Attempt To Improve Their Capability, And Would Not Be Reluctant To Export Them To Other Countries. So He Presents A Clear And Present Danger.

Country

Thinking

Hussein

That Does Not Mean We Won't Experience The Tragedy Of The Loss Of Some American Lives. We Will Have An Opportunity To Instill A Democracy In Iraq Which Will Be An Example And Perhaps Force Other Nations In That Region To Move In The Same Direction.

Moving

Mean

Loss

Improve Human Intelligence To Get Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden

Bin Laden

Humans

If You Have A Large Bloc Of Americans Who Believe You're Trying To Keep Their ... Fellow Hispanics Down And Deprive Them Of An Opportunity, Obviously That's Going To Have An Effect...the Republican Party Has Failed To Understand To A Significant Degree The Importance Of This Issue To Our Hispanic Voters. I Think The Trend Will Continue Of Lack Of Support From Hispanic Voters And Also As You Look At The Demographics Of States Like Mine, That Means We Will Go From Republican To Democrat Over Time.

Party

Believe

Mean

Thank God For Our Form Of Government. The Media Won't Let There Be Any Cover-up.

Government

Media

Thank God

I Think That It Has To Be A Very Humane Approach To This Issue, And We Have To Come Up With Solutions To It. But We Also Have To Do Something About The Drugs That Are Coming Across Our Southern Border That Are Killing Our Kids... I Think There Are Some People Who Want To Leave This Country And Return To The Country They Came From, But Obviously It Requires A Broader Solution That That, And We All Know That.

Country

Kids

Thinking

I Would Like To Mention That A Couple Days Ago Senator Obama Was Out In Ohio And He Had An Encounter With A Guy Who's A Plumber, His Name Is Joe Wurzelbacher.

Couple

Ohio

Names

Keep Moving If You Love Life, And Keep Your Troubles Well Behind You.

Inspirational

Life

Moving

In Our Blessed And Mostly Peaceful Society We're Not As Familiar With Courage As We Once Were. We Ascribe The Virtue To All Manner Of Endeavors That Only Really Require Skill, Fortitude And A Little Daring, The Qualities Pat Tillman Showed On The Football Field. Pat's Best Service To His Country Was To Remind Us All What Courage Really Looks Like, And That The Purpose Of All Good Courage Is Love.

Football

Country

Blessed

I Didn't Decide To Run For President To Start A National Crusade For The Political Reforms I Believed In, Or To Run A Campaign As If It Were Some Grand Act Of Patriotism. In Truth, I Wanted To Be President Because It Had Become My Ambition To Be President.

Running

Ambition

Political

I'm Just Trying To Keep Things Normal Around The House, Because There's No Reason Why Things Shouldn't Be Normal.

House

Trying

Reason Why

I Don't Think It's Bribery; I Think It's Extortion. Bribery, You Know, Is When The Person That's Giving The Money Does It Voluntarily. What It Is In Washington Is Extortion Because They All Ask For The Money.

Thinking

Giving

Political

Our Nation Has Both An Obligation And Self-interest In Facing Head-on The Serious Environmental, Economic And National Security Threat Posed By Global Warming.

Self

Environmental

Serious

Democrats Proposing Failure In Iraq By Withdrawing.

Iraq

Democrat

Withdrawing

For Decades We Have Been Living Lives Of Abundance, With Little Regard For Our Natural Resources Or Global Health. But We Are Now Facing Hard Choices In Our Energy Policy. Future Generations - My Children And Grandchildren, Along With Yours - Will Have To Live With The Decisions We Make Today. And So It Is Time For Us To Make Some Tough And - Hopefully - Smart Choices Regarding Our Energy Use And Production Before It Is Too Late.

Children

Smart

Live Life

Why The Hell Do I Have To Keep Updating My Apps On My Iphone All The Time And Why You Don't Fix That?

Iphone

Hell

Apps

We Got Results That Would Not Have Been Possible Without A Negotiating Partner Like Joe Biden.

Biden

Results

Partners

We Need More Competitive Races, ... We Need The Voice Of Moderation.

Race

Voice

Needs

I Think Conventional Wisdom Is That Time Is Not On Our Side. But There Are A Number Of Members Of Congress Who Have Primaries And When Those Primaries Are Done, They May Be More Inclined To Address The Issue Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Thinking

Numbers

Issues

We Still Have A Long Way To Go Before We Can Declare America Safe, And That Means Doing A Better Job Along Our Borders, As Well.

Mean

Long

Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal.

War

Criminals

Putin

Barbara Boxer Is The Most Bitterly Partisan, Most Anti-defense Senator In The United States Senate Today. I Know That Because I've Had The Unpleasant Experience Of Having To Serve With Her.

United States

Defense

Boxers

Our Country Doesn't Depend On The Heroism Of Every Citizen. But All Of Us Should Be Worthy Of The Sacrifices Made On Our Behalf.

Country

Patriotic

Sacrifice

Thousands Of Americans Have Given Their Lives In Afghanistan And Iraq Upholding Their Oaths And Defending This Nation. Chelsea Manning Broke Her Oath And Made It More Likely That Others Would Join The Ranks Of Her Fallen Comrades. Her Prison Sentence May End In A Few Months' [time], But Her Dishonor Will Last Forever.

Iraq

Forever

May

I'm Ashamed That Congress Finds Billions For Pork-barrel Subsidies But Fails To Find Money For Veterans' Health Care.

Pork

Subsidies

Care

It's A Matter Of Fact That Senator Obama Has Spent More Money On Negative Ads Than Any Political Campaign In History.

Political

Negative

Campaigns

The Abuse Of Prisoners Hurts America's Cause In The War On Terror, Endangers Us Service Members Who Might Be Captured By The Enemy, And Is Anathema To The Values Americans Have Held Dear For Generations.

Hurt

War

America

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

Military

Clinton

Well, I Don't Think It Is Amnesty To Start With. Second Of All, What Do You Want To Do With Them? That Is The Question In Response. And Third Of All, It Is A Tough Path To Citizenship. You Have To Pay Back Taxes. You've Got To Learn English. You've Got To Have A Clear Record. You've Got To Get To The Back Of The Line Behind Other People Who Have Come Here Legally Or Waiting Legally. So, I Just Reject That.

Thinking

People

Waiting

All This Money Washing Around Washington And All Of These Contributions Taint All Of Us.

Contribution

Washing

Parents Are Not The All-knowing, Ideal People We Would Like You To Think We Are. We've Made Wrong Choices Before, And Will Again, Like Everyone Else, .. But Our Mistakes Are Not The Measure Of Our Love For You. You Are That Measure, And How Well You Are Prepared To Make Better Choices Than We Have Made.

Mistake

Thinking

Knowing

There's A Whole Generation That's Retiring. It Is Unconscionable That The Average Salary Of A Lawyer Is $79,000 A Year And The Average Salary Of A Teacher Is $39,000 A Year.

Teacher

Average

Years

God May Have Mercy, But We Won't.

Religious

May

Mercy

Sarah Palin Knows More About Energy Than Probably Anyone Else In The United States Of America.

America

Energy

United States

We Should Be I Hope Finally Realizing What Vladimir Putin Is. He's An Old Colonel, Kgb, Apparatchik, And He Dreams Of The Restoration Of The Russian Empire.

Dream

Kgb

Restoration

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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