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Look, President Clinton Had Opportunities To Get Osama Bin Laden. President Bush Had Opportunities To Get Osama Bin Laden. I Know How To Do It And I'll Do It. And I Understand And I Have The Knowledge And The Background And The Experience To Make The Right Judgments. Sen. Obama Does Not. He Was Wrong On Iraq. He Underestimated Iran. He Has No Knowledge Or Experience Or Judgment. That's - He Doesn't Know How - How The World Works Nor How The Military Works. I Do And I Can Lead And I'll Secure The Peace.

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Look, President Clinton Had Opportunities To Get Osama Bin Laden. President Bush Had Opportunities To Get Osama Bin Laden. I Know How To Do It And I'll Do It. And I Understand And I Have The Knowledge And The Background And The Experience To Make The Right Judgments. Sen. Obama Does Not. He Was Wrong On Iraq. He Underestimated Iran. He Has No Knowledge Or Experience Or Judgment. That's - He Doesn't Know How - How The World Works Nor How The Military Works. I Do And I Can Lead And I'll Secure The Peace.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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.

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I Think It's An Urgent Plea For Us All To Sit Down Together.

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

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The World Is On Fire.

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Political Differences

You Hear It Every Four Years, ... Scare The Seniors, Scare The Seniors.

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

I Have No Rancor. I Look Forward, Not Backwards.

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The Facts Are Facts And Records Are Records.

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

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

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

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

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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.

We Cannot Forever Hide The Truth About Ourselves From Ourselves.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Iraq Is Now The Central Front In The War Against Al-qaeda.

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.

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

[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.

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.

The Majority Of [the Troops In Iraq] Is That Feel They're Doing The Right Thing And Their Parents Who Have Also Made Sacrifices, Generally Speaking, And Their Proud Of The Services Of Their Sons And Daughters.

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.

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

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

It's Not Social Issues I Care About.

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

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