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.

-John McCain

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John McCain

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Appreciation

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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

[hillary Clinton] Was Saying, "we Never Going To Do Anything In Iraq, We're Not Going To Do Anything In Syria." Enemies, Do Whatever You Want. Continue The Largest Humanitarian Crisis, 7 Million People Displaced Refugees. Do All This. We're Not Going To Do Anything. That Is The Type Of Stuff That Is Been Happening For The Past 7 1/2 Years Under President [barack] Obama.

Past

Years

Iraq

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

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

Country

People

President

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

Ambition

Presidential

Disease

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

Space

Exploration

Certain

The Way You Have Bipartisan Negotiations, You Sit Down Across The Table, As We Did With Ted Kennedy, As I've Done With Many Other Members, And You Say, 'ok, Here's What I Want, Here's What You Want. We'll Adhere To Your Principles, But We'll Make Concessions.'

Principles

Done

Tables

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

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

If We Leave Iraq, Terrorists Will Follow Us Home.

Home

Iraq

Terrorist

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

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

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

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

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

Talking

Biden

Unbroken

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

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

It's Pretty Clear We Have Enough Guard People In The United States, But Are They Capable Of Handling Our Oversees Commitments As Well? We Need To Figure Out How That Impacts Our Ability In Iraq.

Commitment

Impact

Iraq

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

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

In 2003, I Warned Of A 'creeping Coup' In Russia Against The Forces Of Democracy And Market Capitalism In Russia.

Russia

Democracy

Force

That's Give [donald Trump] So Much Attention. And It's So Funny. There Actually Have Conflicting Opinions On Women In Combat, In The Military. So They Have All The Issues That Stake. I'm More Concerned With The Va Than Anything Else.

Military

Issues

Giving

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

It's A Tough Path To Citizenship. You've Got 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 Even Waiting Legally.

People

Waiting

Pay

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

War

Scene

Knows

I've Already Heard From Some Military Commanders Who Feel They've Been Undercut By The Vice President Of The United States, And There's A Lot Of Justification For Their View.

Military

Views

President

I Guarantee You, As President Of The United States, I Know How To Heal The Wounds Of War, I Know How To Deal With Our Adversaries, And I Know How To Deal With Our Friends.

War

President

Heal

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

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

I Know The Veterans. I Know Them Well. And I Know That They Know That I'll Take Care Of Them. And I've Been Proud Of Their Support And Their Recognition Of My Service To The Veterans.

Support

Care

Proud

Our Political Differences, Now Matter How Sharply They Are Debated, Are Really Quite Narrow In Comparison To The Remarkably Durable National Consensus On Our Founding Convictions.

Political Differences

Matter

Conviction

I Watch Sports All The Time. My Wife Cindy Says I Would Watch The Thumb-suckers Play The Bed-wetters. I Watch All Sports And I Enjoy All Sports. It's Been Great Fun In My Life And A Great Diversion.

Sports

Fun

Play

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

People

Mad

Purpose

...(w)e Lose When By Official Policy Or By Official Negligence We Allow, Confuse Or Encourage Our Soldiers To Forget . . . That Which Is Our Greatest Strength: That We Are Different And Better Than Our Enemies.

Soldier

Enemy

Different

I'm Not President Bush

President

President Bush

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

Why Am I Running For President? Well, My Wife, Cindy, Says It Is Because I Sustainedseveral Severe Blows To The Head In Prison Camp.

Running

Blow

Wife

Inexperience Because Of (president Barack) Obama's Inexperience.look That Would Be One Of The Challenges.

Challenges

President

Inexperience

[while] The Primary Responsibility, As We All Acknowledge, (falls) With The Family, ... Our Homes, Our Families, Our Children's Minds Are Being Flooded By A Tide Of Violence.

Children

Fall

Home

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

Strong

Thinking

Fundamentals

We Are Americans First, Americans Last, Americans Always... Let Us Argue Our Differences. But Remember We Are Not Enemies, But Comrades In A War Against A Real Enemy...

Real

War

Differences

The American People Want Us To Stop Spending. And So Let's Just Give Them Some Certainty. Let's Extend The Tax - The Existing Tax Cuts. And Then Let's Give Some More Tax Breaks To Small Businesses And Large. And Then Maybe The American People Will Have Some Confidence.

Confidence

Cutting

People

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

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

Peace

War

Reality

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.

People

Feelings

Tonight

I Have Fought Against Excessive Spending My Entire Career. And I Got Plans To Reduce And Eliminate Unnecessary And Wasteful Spending And If There's Anybody Here Who Thinks There Aren't Agencies Of Government Where Spending Can Be Cut And Their Budgets Slashed They Have Not Spent A Lot Of Time In Washington.

Cutting

Thinking

Unnecessary

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.

People

Return

Causes

Our Armed Forces Will Fight For Peace In Iraq, A Peace Built On More Secure Foundations Than Are Found Today In The Middle East. Even More Important, They Will Fight For Two Human Conditions Of Even Greater Value Than Peace: Liberty And Justice.

Fighting

Two

Iraq

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

Addiction

Enemy

Cunning

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

War

Cold

Ends

Reducing Military Presence Has Never In History Won A War.

Military

War

Reducing

Remember The Words Of Chairman Mao: 'it's Always Darkest Before It's Totally Black.'.

Black

Remember

Mao

Hillary [clinton] Saying We're Never Going To Put Boots On The Ground In Iraq, We Never Going To Put Boots On The Ground In Syria Petrified Me, Simply Because, Why - What If This Continues Despite Out Of Control.

Iraq

What If

Boots

Did You Hear The One About The Woman Who Is Attacked On The Street By A Gorilla, Beaten Senseless, Raped Repeatedly, And Left To Die? When She Finally Regains Consciousness And Tries To Speak, Her Doctor Leans Over To Hear Her Sigh Contently And To Feebly Ask, 'where Is That Marvelous Ape?'

Doctors

Trying

Gorillas

In California, It's Hard To Buy All The Media, No Matter How Much Money You Raise Or Spend, Because It's Such A Huge State.

Media

California

Matter

America Is The Greatest Force For Good In The History Of The World.

America

World

Force

The Problem Is That Most Members Of Congress Don’t Pay Attention To What’s Going On.

Attention

Pay

Problem

God May Have Mercy, But We Won't.

Religious

May

Mercy

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

We Need Not Risk Our National Honor To Prevail In This Or Any War.

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

War

Winning

Enemy

It Is Illegal For Children To Purchase Tobacco In Every State In The Country. And In Every State ... Tobacco Companies Have Invested Enormous Sums Of Money And Time To Encourage Widespread Lawbreaking.

Country

Children

States

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

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

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

Century

21st Century

Nations

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

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

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

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

Home

Optimistic

Arizona

Every Time There's Been An Out-of-bounds Remark Made By A Republican, No Matter Where They Are, I Have Repudiated Them.

Matter

Republican

Made

Improve Human Intelligence To Get Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden

Bin Laden

Humans

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

Our Enemies Didn't Adhere To The Geneva Convention. Many Of My Comrades Were Subjected To Very Cruel, Very Inhumane And Degrading Treatment, A Few Of Them Even Unto Death. But Every One Of Us - Every Single One Of Us - Knew And Took Great Strength From The Belief That We Were Different From Our Enemies, That We Were Better Than Them, That We, If The Roles Were Reversed, Would Not Disgrace Ourselves By Committing Or Countenancing Such Mistreatment Of Them.

America

Enemy

Different

I Voted For Justice Breyer And Justice Ginsburg. Not Because I Agreed With Their Ideology, But Because I Thought They Were Qualified And That Elections Have Consequences When Presidents Are Nominated.

Justice

President

Election

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

I Want To Tell The Vice President And Everybody Else That When I'm President There Will Be A Controlling Legal Authority.

President

Vices

Want

The First Thing We Have To Do Is Get Spending Under Control In Washington. It's Completely Out Of Control. We Republicans Came To Power To Change Government, And Government Changed Us.

Republican

Changed

Teachers Don't Need As Much As $140,000 A Year, ... But, Perhaps Some Senators Don't Need $140,000 A Year Either.

Teacher

Years

Needs

There's Going To Be Other Wars. I'm Sorry To Tell You, There's Going To Be Other Wars. We Will Never Surrender, But There Will Be Other Wars.

Sorry

War

Surrender

In The 2012 Election, Obamacare, As It's Called, And I'll Be More Polite - The Aca ...was A Major Issue In The Campaign. I Campaigned All Over America For Two Months, Everywhere I Could. And In Every Single Campaign Rally I Said, 'we Have To Repeal And Replace Obamacare.' Well, The People Spoke. They Spoke, Much To My Dismay, But They Spoke. And They Reelected The President Of The United States.

Leadership

Party

Health

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

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

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

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

We Conservatives Can Win The Ideological Battles On A Level Playing Field. Our Ideas Are Better. Given Fair Elections Based On Contributions From Regular Voters, Instead Of $100,000 Checks From Business-as-usual Special Interests, We Will Prevail.

Winning

Ideas

Special

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

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

The Smartest Person In The United States Senate, And He Knows It, Is John Sununu. Thank God He Had His Mother's Temperament.

Mother

Thank God

United States

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

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

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

I Observed A Thousand Acts Of Courage, Compassion And Love [as A Pow] And I Will Always Treasure That Memory Above All Others.

Memories

War

Compassion

Torture Gives You Reliable And Unreliable Information. That's The Reason Why Most People In The World Don't Do It. So This Idea That You Have To Torture People In Order To Protect National Security Is A False Argument, And I Reject It.

Order

Ideas

Giving

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

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

Clinton

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

I Believe That We're Going To Find Out That America Made A Lot Of Mistakes Diplomatically, Economically, Militarily, Intel-wise. But, I Also Think We're Going To Find Out The U.s. Has Done A Lot Of Good Things Too.

Wise

Mistake

Believe

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

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.

Mean

Enemy

Succeed

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

Reform, Prosperity, And Peace, These Are Major Challenges To The United States Of America. I Don't Think I Need Any On-the-job Training. I'm Ready To Go At It Right Now.

Thinking

Challenges

Training

The President(obama) Comparing Him To A Kid In The Back Of A Classroom, I Think, Is Very Indicative Of The President's Lack Of Appreciation Of Who Vladimir Putin Is. He's An Old Kgb Colonel That Has No Illusions About Our Relationship, Does Not Care About A Relationship With The United States, Continues To Oppress His People, Continues To Act In An Autocratic Fashion.

Fashion

Appreciation

Kids

I Will Not Leave The Republican Party, ... The Republican Party Is My Home.

Party

Home

Republican

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

I Think That When You Look At The Great Politicians, The Two Greatest In My View Were George Washington And Abraham Lincoln, They Certainly Had Character Traits. You Also Know Abraham Lincoln Overcame Severe Depression Problems That He Had When He Was Younger, Which Gave Him The Strength And The Character Later On.

Inspirational

Strength

Strong

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

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

Doubt

Sincerity

Should

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

Pork

Subsidies

Care

Do We Really Want Another Politician In The White House America Can't Trust?

White

America

House

Washington Is A Hollywood For Ugly People. Hollywood Is A Washington For The Simpleminded.

People

Hollywood

Ugly

Bin Laden’s Death And The Debate Over Torture.

Debate

Torture

Bin Laden

There Is No Moral Equivalent Between That Butcher And Thug And Kgb Colonel Vladimir Putin And The United States Of America, The Country That Ronald Reagan Used To Call A Shining City On A Hill.

Country

Thug

Cities

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

Americans Want To Win; Bin Laden Thinks He's Winning Now.

Winning

Thinking

Want

Gary Bauer Has Done Great Things, ... I Want To Promise You Again, You May Agree With Me, You May Disagree With Me, But I Will Do Great Things.

Promise

Done

May

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

War

Ideas

Historical

Under My Plan, 85 Percent Of America Will Pay No Tax Or Have A Flat Tax At Our Lowest Rate Of 15 Percent.

America

Pay

Flat Tax

We Ought To Pay Down The National Debt, ... The American People Are Tired Of People Who Make Promises About Cutting Taxes That They Cannot Keep.

Tired

Cutting

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

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

What Was Fascinating To Me, Is That She [hillary Clinton] Still Cannot Answer Eloquently, Answers About Her E-mails, She Still Can't Explains To Me Why She's Not A Third Term Of [barack] Obama.

Answers

Mail

Clinton

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

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.

Technology

Years

Issues

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

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

Inspirational

Life

Moving

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

War

Long

Working Together

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

Colombia

Trade

Free Trade

Thanks To General Petraeus, Our Leadership And The Sacrifice Of Brave Young Americans. To Deny That Their Sacrifice Didn't Make Possible The Success Of The Surge In Iraq, I Think Does A Great Disservice...the Progress Has Been Immense.

Sacrifice

Thinking

Iraq

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

Silly

Might

Conservative

As You Know, There Are Al Qaeda Operatives That Are Taken Back Into Iran, Given Training As Leaders, And They’re Moving Back Into Iraq.

Moving

Taken

Iraq

Cindy And I Are Adoptive Parents. We Know What A Treasure And Joy It Is To Have An Adopted Child In Our Lives.

Children

Joy

Parent

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

Book

Issues

Economics

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

It Seems To Me That President Carter Has Earned His Place As If Not The Worst President In History, The Worst President Of The 20th Century.

Political

President

Century

Arizona May Be The Only State In America Where Mothers Don't Tell Their Children That Someday, They Can Grow Up And Be President Of The United States.

Mother

Children

Growing Up

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

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

Makeup

Plasters

America's Image Throughout The World Is Very Bad.

America

World

I Hate The Gooks. I Will Hate Them As Long As I Live.

Hate

Long

I Hate

We Know That Medicare's Going Broke In Seven Years, But We Need To Start Over. That's What The American People Want Us To Do.

Years

People

Starting Over

Some Urge We Do Nothing Because We Can't Be Certain How Bad The (climate) Problem Might Become Or They Presume The Worst Effects Are Most Likely To Occur In Our Grandchildren's Lifetime. I'm A Proud Conservative, And I Reject That Kind Of Live-for-today, 'me Generation,' Attitude. It Is Unworthy Of Us And Incompatible With Our Reputation As Visionaries And Problem Solvers. Americans Have Never Feared Change. We Make Change Work For Us.

Attitude

Grandchildren

Live For Today

We Have A Lot Of Work To Do And I‘m Afraid That It‘s A Very Hard Struggle, Particularly Given The Situation On The Iraq/pakistan Border.

Stupid

Struggle

Silly

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

How Does It Make Sense To Remove An Option, To Tell Your Enemy Before You Go Into A Conflict, That You Will Not Exercise Whatever Options Are Necessary In Order To Achieve Victory?

Exercise

Order

Enemy

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

Views

Should

Ballots

Today More People Lose Their Seats In The Politburo In Havana Than In The Congress Of America, ... We Need To Have Competitive Races For The Legislature. ... We Have To Have A Clash Of Ideas.

Race

Ideas

America

I Think There [are] Great Economies That Can Be Made Starting With A Round Of Base Closings, ... I Want The President To Veto These Pork-barrel Spending Bills Which Have Grown To Incredible Obscene Levels. I Believe There Are A Number Of Weapons Systems That Have To Be Eliminated.

Believe

Thinking

Numbers

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

We Are Americans First, Americans Last, And Americans Always.

Lasts

Firsts

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

Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal.

War

Criminals

Putin

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

Democracy

Doe

World

Stategy In Iraq- Defeat Al-qaeda; Limit Iran's Influence.

Iran

Iraq

Als

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

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

Thinking

Social

Protect

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

I Will Conduct A Respectful Debate. Now, It Will Be Dispirited -- It Will Be Spirited -- Because There Are Stark Differences. I Am A Proud Conservative, Liberal Republica-- Conservative Republican...hello? Easy There.

Differences

Proud

Conservative

But I'm Still A Work In Progress. My Mother Calls Me Quite Frequently With Various Critiques Of My Performance On Tv And Other Public Events. She's Usually Pretty Severe With Her Comments.

Mother

Progress

Events

I Disagree With What The Majority Of The American People Want.

People

Majority

Want

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

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

Thinking

Hands

Decision

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

Wall

Democracies Have

Effort

Iran Launches Monkey Into Space

Iran

Space

Monkeys

I Think Where [donald Trump] Loses Most Hawkish Republicans Is When He Talking About How Much He Likes [vladimir] Putin. That Should Make Any Person Who Believe In The American Exceptionalism, Incredibly Uncomfortable.

Believe

Thinking

Talking

I Campaigned In 2012 All Over This Country For Months: 'repeal And Replace Obamacare.' That Was Not The Mandate Of The Voters. If They Wanted To Repeal Obamacare, The 2012 Election Would Have Been Probably Significantly Different.

Country

Obamacare

Different

When You Have Airplanes With Precision Weapons, Striking Hospitals In Aleppo And Slaughtering Innocent Men, Women And Children, You're Committing A War Crime. So We Need More Sanctions Against Russia. We Should Not Relax Them.

Children

War

Airplane

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

Eye

I Am Learning To Get Online Myself, And I Will Have That Down Fairly Soon, Getting On Myself. I Don’t Expect To Be A Great Communicator, I Don’t Expect To Set Up My Own Blog, But I Am Becoming Computer Literate To The Point Where I Can Get The Information That I Need.

Needs

Information

Becoming

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

Appreciation

Joy

Palin

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

We Know For A Fact The Russians Tried To Change The Outcome Of Our Election, Attacking The Very Fundamental Of Democracy. We Know They Did That. We Need To Know How, We Need To Know Why, And Most Of All We Need To Know What To Do To Prevent This Kind Of Activity, Which They Continue To Carry On In Free Nations Around The World.

Democracy

Needs

Fundamentals

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

So When Someone, A Veteran Stands Up And Say, "here Are The Facts On The Va." He [donald Trump] Says, "no, Your Facts Are Wrong." Turns Out Her Facts Are Right And His Facts Are Wrong.

Facts

Veteran

Trump

We Send Cruise Missiles And Then We Think Everything's All Right Or We Try To Bring Them To Trial. My Friends, This Time They've Gone Too Far. This Time We're Serious. This Time We Won't Quit Until They Are Gone, Completely Gone From The Face Of The Earth

Memorial Day

Thinking

Trying

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

America Has The Strongest, Best-trained, Best-led Military Force In The World, And We Have Failed Them. Our Military Today Is Struggling In Virtually Every Category That Measures Preparedness.

Military

Struggle

America

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

Party

Pro Life

Politics

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

Democrats Proposing Failure In Iraq By Withdrawing.

Iraq

Democrat

Withdrawing

[i Find It] Impossible [to Imagine] That A Nation Which Is Grounded In Judaeo-christian Principles Would Somehow Select Someone [for President] Who Would Repudiate Those Principles.

Christian

Scary

President

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

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

Waiting

United

Approach

I Think I Am Becoming Incapable Of Being Too Surprised. But It Just Makes Me Sad And Sick.

Thinking

Sick

Becoming

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

Military

Clinton

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

Some Of Us Are More Favorably Disposed Than Others.

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

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

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

America

Energy

United States

I Think [social Media] Is Fundamentally Restructuring The Whole Nature Of Information And How It's Expressed In America.

Thinking

Media

America

We Are Taught To Understand, Correctly, That Courage Is Not The Absence Of Fear, But The Capacity For Action Despite Our Fears.

Courage

Fear

Taught

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

We Should Be Able To Deliver Bottled Hot Water To Dehydrated Babies.

Baby

Water

Hot

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.

Thinking

United States

Afghanistan

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

Father

Ugly

Clinton

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

Congress And The American People Have Good Reason To Fear That We Are Heading Toward Another Permanent Garrison Of Americans In A Balkan Country Where Our Mission Is Confused, And Our Exit Strategy A Complete Mystery.

Country

Confused

People

Right Now There’s Kind Of A Generational Change. Young Americans Do Not Trust This Government. Without Trusting Government You Can't Do A Lot Of Things.

Government

Without Trust

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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