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.

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My Preference Would Be

John McCain

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.

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Competition

Gone

Goes On

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Fighting

Causes

Life Is

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Party

Believe

Issues

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Military

Struggle

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Dream

Kgb

Restoration

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Country

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Eye

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People

Feelings

Tonight

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People

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Doubt

Sincerity

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Strong

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Iraq

What If

Boots

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People

Hollywood

Ugly

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War

Ideas

Historical

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Airports

Land

Iraq

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Hero

Guy

Sticks

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Online

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Thinking

People

Waiting

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Government

People

Southern

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Roles

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Christian

Scary

President

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War

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Cells

Too Much

Months

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Honor

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Children

Smart

Live Life

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Country

Proud

Wells

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Senior

Morning

Team

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War

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Military

Opportunity

President

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Makeup

Plasters

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Leadership

Honesty

Integrity

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Believe

Years

Racism

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Patriotic

Fighting

Support

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Iraq

Terrorist

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Inspiration

Eye

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Sick

Becoming

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Home

Republican

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Enemy

Cunning

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Internet

Main Street

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Believe

Should Have

Tests

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America

Trying

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Joy

Palin

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Numbers

People

Defeat

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Real

Past

Perfect

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America

Energy

United States

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Determination

Brother

Government

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Iraq

Truce

Katrina

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Thinking

Giving

Political

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Russia

Democracy

Force

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Looks

Rancor

Backwards

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War

Long

Working Together

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Fire

World

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Soldier

Enemy

Different

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Veteran

Judgment

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Running

Blow

Wife

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Positive

Leadership

Motivation

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Memorable

Media

Bird

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Political Differences

Matter

Conviction

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Iraq

President

President Bush

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Fighting

Men

Thinking

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Winning

Ideas

Special

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Crazy

Thinking

Refugee Crisis

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Views

Two

Different

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Government

Without Trust

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Country

Doubt

Together

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Thinking

People

Supportive

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Want

Lasts

Legislation

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Running

Winning

Thinking

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War

Cold

Ends

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Believe

Being True

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Leadership

Party

Health

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

Osama Bin Laden

Hell

Gates

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Dream

Children

Careers

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

Song

Beach

Boys

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Needs

World

Unions

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Jobs

Technology

America

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

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Country

Cutting

World

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Years

Government

Tribes

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Wrestling

Light

My Time

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Needs

Lectures

Life Is

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Iran

Space

Monkeys

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Integrity

Differences

Long

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War

Home

Winning

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've Been An Imperfect Servant Of My Country For Many Years. But I Have Been Her Servant First, Last And Always. And I've Never Lived A Day, In Good Times Or Bad, That I Didn't Thank God For The Privilege.

Country

Years

Thank God

I Am Fully Prepared To Be Commander In Chief... I Don't Need On-the-job Training.

Jobs

Training

Needs

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

Book

Issues

Economics

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Believe

Belief

Goodness

It's Very Clear That Vladimir Putin Has Decided That He Will Eliminate His Opponents And Anyone Who Stands Up For Democracy And Freedom. And He Does So With Relative Impunity.

Democracy

Doe

Opponents

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Believe

President

Lines

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

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

Thank God For The Saudis And Prince Bandar, And For Our Qatari Friends.

Thank God

Saudis

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

War

Scene

Knows

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Believe

Thinking

Numbers

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

People Want The Truth, Even If They Disagree.

People

Want

Ifs

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

Vocabulary

Use

Language

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

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

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

Patriotic

Opportunity

Goodness

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

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

In The Washington Soft Money Game, Big Business And Big Labor Are Accomplices Working Together To Protect The Mushy Middle Of Big Government, With Plenty Of Special Interest Plums: Big Unions Get Big Spending And Big Business Gets Corporate Welfare And Special Tax Breaks - All At The Expense Of Average Americans.

Government

Average

Games

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

Government

Administration

Conspiracy

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

Biden

Results

Partners

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

I Don't Think We Are Comforted By The Fact That We Were Told There Would Never Be A Case Of Ebola In The United States And Obviously That's Not Correct.

Thinking

Ebola

United States

My Greatest Fear Is The Iranians Acquire A Nuclear Weapon And Give It To A Terrorist Organization. And There Is A Real Threat Of Them Doing That.

Real

Greatest Fear

Organization

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

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

America

World

Force

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

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

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

The French Remind Me A Little Bit Of An Aging Actress Of The 1940s Who Is Still Trying To Dine Out On Her Looks But Doesn't Have The Face For It.

Trying

Looks

Littles

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

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

The Political Tactics Of Division And Slander Are Not Our Values. They Are Corrupting Influences On Religion And Politics, And Those Who Practice Them In The Name Of Religion Or In The Name Of The Republican Party Or In The Name Of America Shame Our Faith, Our Party And Our Country.

Country

Party

Practice

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 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

Suppose That Climate Change Is Not Real And All We Do Is Adopt Green Technologies, Which Our Economy And Our Technology Is Perfectly Capable Of. Then All We've Done Is Given Our Kids A Cleaner World.

Real

Kids

Technology

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

Father

Ugly

Clinton

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

On My Honor, I Swear To You, That From My First Day In Office To The Last Breath I Draw, I Will Do Everything In My Power To Make You Proud Of Your Government.

Government

Office

Honor

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

The Cable Industry Has Risen To New Heights In Their Apparent Willingness And Ability To Gouge The American Consumer. Cable Rates [have] Increased An Unbelievable Five-and-a-half Times Faster Than Inflation.

Half Time

Height

Faster

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

Country

People

President

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

Inspirational

Life

Moving

We Have Many Advantages In The Fight Against Global Warming, But Time Is Not One Of Them. Instead Of Idly Debating The Precise Extent Of Global Warming, Or The Precise Timeline Of Global Warming, We Need To Deal With The Central Facts Of Rising Temperatures, Rising Waters, And All The Endless Troubles That Global Warming Will Bring. We Stand Warned By Serious And Credible Scientists Across The World That Time Is Short And The Dangers Are Great. The Most Relevant Question Now Is Whether Our Own Government Is Equal To The Challenge.

Fighting

Government

Water

I'm A Proud Reagan Conservative.

Proud

Conservative

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

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

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

Self

Doubt

Assets

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

Senior

Years

Scare

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

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

Waiting

United

Approach

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

Challenges

President

Inexperience

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

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

Improve Human Intelligence To Get Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden

Bin Laden

Humans

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

Century

21st Century

Nations

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

Rogue States Are The Main Threat To Peace And Freedom, And They Require A Strong, Comprehensive Policy Response - A Policy That I Call 'rogue State Rollback,' In Which Our Goal Is Not Simply To Contain Rogue Regimes, But To Drive Them From Power.

Strong

Goal

Rogues

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

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

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

War

Iraq

Als

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

To Equate Vladimir Putin And The United States Of America, As Donald Trump Was Asked, You Know, I Guess It Was Bill O'reilly Who Said, "but Putin Is A Killer." And He Basically Said, "so Are We." That Moral Equivalency Is A Contradiction Of Everything The United States Has Ever Stood For In The 20th And 21st Century.

America

United States

Bills

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

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

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

Done

Betray

Public Trust

Does It Make All The Difference In The World? No. But There's A Great Deal Of Symbolism Associated With Whether We're Going To Add $24 Billion To The Debt In Unwanted And Unnecessary Pork-barrel Projects.

Symbolism

Differences

Pork

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

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

People

Majority

Want

I'm As Frustrated With The French, I Think, As Anyone, But Look, There's Going To Be Other Challenges And There Are Going To Be Other Issues. As Long As There's A War On Terrorism Going On, We're All Going To Have To Work Together.

War

Thinking

Issues

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

Reducing Military Presence Has Never In History Won A War.

Military

War

Reducing

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

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'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

I Believe In Evolution. But I Also Believe, When I Hike The Grand Canyon And See It At Sunset, That The Hand Of God Is There Also.

Believe

Sunset

Hands

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.

Daughter

Son

Sacrifice

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

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

I'm Not President Bush

President

President Bush

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

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

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

Baby

Water

Hot

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

Home

Optimistic

Arizona

When We're Talking About A Trillion Dollars Of Taxpayer Money, "trust Me" Just Isn't Good Enough.

Talking

Dollars

Trust Me

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've Got To Start Also Holding People Accountable, And We've Got To Reward People Who Succeed. But Somehow In Washington Today - And I'm Afraid On Wall Street - Greed Is Rewarded, Excess Is Rewarded, And Corruption - Or Certainly Failure To Carry Out Our Responsibility Is Rewarded.

Wall

Responsibility

People

I Respect Sarah Palin. I Appreciate Her And Her Husband Enormously. I Think She Will Continue To Play A Major Role In The Future Of The Republican Party.

Husband

Party

Thinking

I Think That Joe Biden Is Qualified In Many Respects. But I Do Point Out That He's Been Wrong On Many Foreign Policy And National Security Issues, Which Is Supposed To Be His Strength.

Thinking

Issues

Biden

I Want To Emphasis Again, Governor (thomas) Kean And Congressman (lee) Hamilton Pointed Out That Congressional Oversight Also Was A Major Contributor To Our Failures Prior To 9/11 And That Has To Be Fixed As Well.

Want

Hamilton

Fixed

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

Just Because They Broke The Law Doesn't Mean They're Condemned Forever To A Twilight Status. So, I Think That Most Americans, If These People Who Have Come Illegally, As Long As They Pay Back Taxes, Pay A Fine, Learn English And Get Behind Everybody Else, That's A Key Element Of It. And Most Americans Now Realize We Can't Have 11 Million People Sit In The Twilight - The Shadows Of America, Forever.

Believe

Twilight

Mean

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

Thinking

Hands

Decision

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

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

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

Clinton

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

Black

Remember

Mao

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

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

Contribution

Washing

An Act Of Heroism, Of Extraordinary Courage, The Grandeur Of It, Won't Easily Inspire Us To Act In Imitation, But It Can Inspire Us To Emulate Its Author. For That, We Should Learn What We Can Of The Whole Experience Of The Subject, The Hero's Life, As It Was Before And After, And Believe That Trying To Emulate The Character It Reveals Is One Tried Way To Prepare For The Tests That Might Await Us And Gain Hope That Our Courage Will Not Be Wanting In The Moment.

Inspirational

Believe

Hero

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

I Do Believe My View Has Evolved.

Believe

Views

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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