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Like The Vast Majority Of Americans, I've Opposed Same-sex Marriage, But I've Also Opposed Unjust Discrimination Against Anyone, For Racial Or Religious Reasons, Or For Sexual Preference. Americans Are A Tolerant, Generous, And Kind People. We All Oppose Bigotry And Disparagement. But The Debate Over Same-sex Marriage Is Not A Debate Over Tolerance. It Is A Debate About The Purpose Of The Institution Of Marriage And It Is A Debate About Activist Judges Who Make Up The Law Rather Than Interpret The Law.

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Like The Vast Majority Of Americans, I've Opposed Same-sex Marriage, But I've Also Opposed Unjust Discrimination Against Anyone, For Racial Or Religious Reasons, Or For Sexual Preference. Americans Are A Tolerant, Generous, And Kind People. We All Oppose Bigotry And Disparagement. But The Debate Over Same-sex Marriage Is Not A Debate Over Tolerance. It Is A Debate About The Purpose Of The Institution Of Marriage And It Is A Debate About Activist Judges Who Make Up The Law Rather Than Interpret The Law.

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I Could Have Possibly Beaten Senator Mccain In The Primary. Then I Could Have Been The Candidate Who Lost To Barack Obama.

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The Mantle Of Leadership For Promoting The Principles Of Peace Has Fallen To America. We Didn't Ask For It. But It's An Honor That We Have It.

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I Have Paid Taxes Every Year, A Lot Of Taxes.

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I'm A Son Of Detroit. I Was Born In Detroit.

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I Believe That Abortion Should Be Safe And Legal In This Country.

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We Reserve Our Deepest Respect And Admiration For Those Who Volunteer For Service And Give Their Lives To Help Keep Our Nation Secure.

Admiration And Respect

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Attaching The Word Marriage To The Association Of Same-sex Individuals Mistakenly Presumes That Marriage Is Principally A Matter Of Adult Benefits And Adult Rights. In Fact, Marriage Is Principally About The Nurturing And Development Of Children. And The Successful Development Of Children Is Critical To The Preservation And Success Of Our Nation.

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Larger Than Life

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I Will Fight For Oil, Coal And Natural Gas.

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My Father And I Marched With Martin Luther King Jr. Through The Streets Of Detroit.

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Religion In Society

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My Doctrine Is As I've Described, Which Is Confidence In Our Cause, Clarity In Our Purpose, And Resolve In Our Might.

This Is A Global Effort We're Going To Have To Lead To Overcome This Jihadist Effort. It's More Than Osama Bin Laden. But He Is Going To Pay, And He Will Die.

I'm Not A Big-game Hunter. I've Always Been A Rodent And Rabbit Hunter. Small Varmints, If You Will.

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This Feels Good Being Back In Michigan. You Know, The Trees Are The Right Height.

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I Should Tell My Story. I'm Also Unemployed ... I'm Networking. I Have My Sight On A Particular Job.

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When There Are Elections, People Tend To Vote For Peace. They Don't Vote For War. So Americans Want To Promote Those Principles Around The World.

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I Believe Very Firmly In The Principle Of Free Agency - People Making Their Own Decisions And Doing What They Think Is Right.

I Think That We Should Give Visas To People - Green Cards, Rather, To People Who Graduate With Skills That We Need. People Around The World With Accredited Degrees In Science And Math Get A Green Card Stapled To Their Diploma, Come To The U.s. Of A. We Should Make Sure Our Legal System Works.

This Is A Nation Of Immigrants. We Welcome People Coming To This Country As Immigrants. My Dad Was Born In Mexico Of American Parents; Ann's Dad Was Born In Wales And Is A First-generation American. We Welcome Legal Immigrants Into This Country.

Donald Trump Talks About How He's Not Going To Be Controlled By The Moneyed Interests. Do People Understand That He's Not Giving Money To His Campaign, He's Loaning It Because He Expects To Get Money Back From Those Same Big Donors He Decries Right Now? He's Planning On Running A General Election Based Upon Raising Money From Those Very People.

America Has Not Dictated To Other Nations. We Have Freed Other Nations From Dictators.

I've Been Looking At Some Video Clips On Youtube Of President Obama, Then Candidate Obama, Going Through Iowa Making Promises. I Think The Gap Between His Promises And His Performance Is The Largest I've Seen, Well, Since The Kardashian Wedding And The Promise Of 'til Death Do We Part.

China Has An Interest That's Very Much Like Ours In One Respect, And That Is They Want A Stable World. They Don't Want War. They Don't Want To See Protectionism. They Don't Want To See The World Break Out Into Various Forms Of Chaos.

I Want Our Legal System To Work Better. I Want It To Be Streamlined, I Want It To Be Clearer. I Don’t Think You Have To — Shouldn’t Have To Hire A Lawyer To Figure Out How To Get Into This Country Legally.

Republicans Prefer Straight Talk To Politically Correct Talk!

Politically Correct

You Had Your Turn Madam, Let Me Have Mine ... Let Me Complete. I'm Sorry, It's My Turn.

I Will Not Create Jobs Or Hold Jobs That Kill People, And That Plant - That Plant Kills People.

Seeing Syria Remove Assad Is A Very High Priority For America.

Donald Trump Is Not The Real Deal. I Think As Ted Cruz And Marco Rubio Made That Very Clear.

Starving Research And Development Is Like Eating The Seed Corn.

Research And Development

For Me, Politics Is Not A Career. For Me, My Career Was Being In Business And Starting A Business And Making It Successful. My - My Life's Passion Has Been My Family, My Faith, And My Country.

I Longed In Many Respects To Actually Be In Vietnam And Be Representing Our Country There.

I Don't Support Any Gun-control Legislation - The Effort For A New Assault-weapons Ban, With A Ban On Semiautomatic Weapons, Is Something I Would Oppose.

In Order To Become A Success, A Business Doesn't Just Have To Do Well, It Has To To Better Than Its Competitors. Being Number One Isn't Just About Bragging Rights. Often It Means The Difference Between Prospering And Merely Hanging On.

Well You'd See A Very Dramatic Change In The Perspective Of Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs, Middle-size Businesses, And Perhaps Even Some Large Multinationals. They'd Say, You Know What, America Looks Like A Good Place To Invest Again, A Good Place To Take Risk, A Good Place To Hire Again.

Ronald Reagan Was Able To Accomplish Extraordinary Purposes For Our Country Without Having To Put Our Military Forces Into Conflict.

I Know What It Takes To Balance Budgets. I Have Done It My Entire Life.

It Seems That The First Victim Of An Obama Campaign Is The Truth. It Seems That The First Victim Of An Obama Campaign Is The Truth.

So, For Instance, Let Me Make This Clear: You Know I Signed A Statement. I Will Not Raise Taxes On Anybody. I Don't Want To Raise Taxes On The American People.

Iran's Nuclearization Is The Greatest Single National Security Threat America Faces.

Obama Says We Need More Firemen, More Policemen, More Teachers. Did He Not Get The Message Of Wisconsin? The American People Did. It's Time For Us To Cut Back On Government And Help The American People.

Ok To Appoint Atheists Or Agnostics-no Litmus Test Of Faith.

If A Society Takes It Upon Itself To Prescribe And Proscribe Certain Streams Of Belief - To Prohibit Certain Less-favored Strains Of Conscience - It May Be The Non-believer Who Is Among The First To Be Condemned. A Coercive Monopoly Of Belief Threatens Everyone, Whether We Are Talking About Those Who Search The Philosophies Of Men Or Follow The Words Of God.

The Cuban People Still Live In Constant Fear Of A Brutal Totalitarian Regime That Has Demonstrated Time And Again Its Utter Disregard For Basic Human Dignity. The Fight For A Free Cuba Has Gone On For Far Too Long.

If You Believe The Disappointments - If You Believe The Disappointments In The Last Few Years Are A Detour And Not Our Destiny, Then I'm Asking For Your Vote.

I've Got A Lot Of Good Friends - The Owner Of The Miami Dolphins And The New York Jets - Both Owners Are Friends Of Mine.

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