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.

-John McCain

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The American People Want

John McCain

Topic

Confidence

Cutting

People

More From John McCain

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

Strong

Commitment

Thinking

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

It's A Fundamental Aspect Of The Free Enterprise System And Economics: If There's No Penalty Associated With Increased Costs, Why Not Lay On Increased Costs?

Cost

Why Not

Fundamentals

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

Thank God

Saudis

The World Is On Fire.

Fire

World

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

America

Role Models

Roles

Russia Is A Gas Station Masquerading As A Country. It's Kleptocracy, It's Corruption, It's A Nation That's Really Only Dependent Upon Oil And Gas For Their Economy.

Country

Money

Reality

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

Father

Ugly

Clinton

The First Pork-barrel Bill That Crosses My Desk, I'm Going To Veto It And Make The Authors Of Those Pork-barrel Items Famous All Over America.

America

Pork

Bills

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

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

Mistake

Character

People

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

Russia

Democracy

Force

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

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

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

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

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

Growing Up

Party

Past

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

I, 100 Percent Don't Think That's Where The American People At, Because When There's Viral Pictures As A Baby Is In Aleppo With, You Know, Rubble All Over Them Going Viral, And Then There Are Celebrities Tweeting Why Haven't We Done Nothing About This? And Like, Oh, There Are Actually Many People For Years Who've Been Trying To Send Aid Then And This President Won't Let Us.

Baby

Thinking

Years

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

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

Party

Believe

Mean

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

America

Energy

United States

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

Doubt

Sincerity

Should

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

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

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

Hate

Long

I Hate

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

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

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

Eye

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

I Am Very Much In Favor Of Tax Cuts.

Cutting

Favors

Taxes

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

War

Mirrors

Looks

[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

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

You Can Disagree With Someone On Issues, But You Should Never Get Personal. Joe Biden Has Never Gotten Personal, To My Knowledge, With A Fellow Senator.

Issues

Biden

Should

Improve Human Intelligence To Get Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden

Bin Laden

Humans

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

Bin Laden’s Death And The Debate Over Torture.

Debate

Torture

Bin Laden

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

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

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

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

Mistake

Thinking

Knowing

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

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

Memorial Day

Enemy

May

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

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

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

Wall

Democracies Have

Effort

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

People

Majority

Want

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

Matter

Gas

Knows

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

Political

Consciousness

Embedded

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

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

Believe

Being True

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

Both Candidates In This Election [2004] Pledge To End This War And Bring Our Troops Home. The Great Difference - The Great Difference Is That I Intend To Win It First.

War

Home

Winning

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

Pork

Subsidies

Care

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

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

Home

Winning

Iraq

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

Government

Media

Thank God

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

Children

Smart

Live Life

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

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

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

Party

Pro Life

Politics

I'm Going To Be Honest: I Know A Lot Less About Economics Than I Do About Military And Foreign Policy Issues. I Still Need To Be Educated.

Military

Issues

Needs

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

Major League Baseball Players And Owners Should Meet Immediately To Enact The Standards That Apply To The Minor Leagues, And If They Don't, I Will Have To Introduce Legislation That Says Professional Sports Will Have Minimum Standards For Testing. I'll Give Them Until January, And Then I'll Introduce Legislation.

Sports

Baseball

Player

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

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

Century

21st Century

Nations

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

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

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

Views

Issues

People

I Am All In Favor Of Pay Equity For Women, But This Kind Of Legislation, As Is Typical Of What's Being Proposed By My Friends On The Other Side Of The Aisle, Opens Us Up To Lawsuits For All Kinds Of Problems.

Government

Typical

Roles

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

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

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

Responsibility Always Stops At The President's Desk.

Responsibility

President

Desks

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

People Want The Truth, Even If They Disagree.

People

Want

Ifs

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

Cells

Too Much

Months

The Fact That We Did Not Give The Demonstrators In Iran Our Moral Support When A Young Woman Named Neda Bled To Death In The Streets Of Iran Will Go Down As One Of The Great Mistakes Of The 21st Century.

Mistake

Iran

Giving

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

Moving

Mean

Loss

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

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

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

War

Scene

Knows

The Facts Are Facts And Records Are Records.

Records

Facts

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

Done

Betray

Public Trust

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

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

Mosquitoes

Nudists

Committees

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

Osama Bin Laden

Hell

Gates

America's Image Throughout The World Is Very Bad.

America

World

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

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

Thinking

Pigs

Stills

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

Home

Optimistic

Arizona

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

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

Contribution

Washing

While Secretary Rumsfeld And I Have Had Our Differences, He Deserves Americans' Respect And Gratitude For His Many Years Of Public Service.

Gratitude

Years

Differences

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

All Interested Parties Must Be Willing To Make Significant Sacrifices.

Party

Sacrifice

Significant

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

Moving

America

Trying

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

Biden

Results

Partners

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

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

War

Long

Working Together

We Cannot Forever Hide The Truth About Ourselves From Ourselves.

Motivational

Truth

Honesty

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

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

Needs

Lectures

Life Is

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

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

President

United States

Scared

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

Leader

Gaddafi

Joining

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

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

Mean

Amnesty

Behavior

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

Believe

Seven Months

Organization

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

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

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

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

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

Talking

Dollars

Trust Me

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

Sound

Arms

Aids

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

Years

Government

Tribes

I'm A Proud Reagan Conservative.

Proud

Conservative

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

War

Loss

Reality

I'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

Sooner Or Later, People Are Going To Figure Out If All You Run Is Negative Attack Ads You Don’t Have Much Of A Vision For The Future Or You’re Not Ready To Articulate It.

Running

People

Vision

It's Not Social Issues I Care About.

Issues

Care

Social

Giving Peace A Chance Only Gives Saddam Hussein More Time To Prepare For War On His Terms, At A Time Of His Choosing, In Pursuit Of Ambitions That Will Only Grow As His Power To Achieve Them Grows.

War

Ambition

Giving

I Can't Believe A Guy That Handsome Wouldn't Have Some Impact.

Believe

Impact

Guy

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

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

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

There's Two Ways Of Working In Washington, ... One Is To Go Along And Get Along. The Other Is To Stand Up For What You Believe In.

Believe

Two

Way

[vladimir] Putin Supporting Bashar Al-assad, Helping With The Syrian Refugee Crisis And, I Think For Any Republican, He [donald Trump] Has Got To Stop Saying This, Because I Was With Him. I Was With Him And He Said That, It Was Like, I'm Out. I'm Out. It's Too Crazy.

Crazy

Thinking

Refugee Crisis

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

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

Country

Cutting

Successful

We 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

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

Strong

Thinking

Fundamentals

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

Ambition

Presidential

Disease

I Am Learning To Get Online Myself, And I Will Have That Down Fairly Soon, Getting On Myself.

Online

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

Thinking

Sick

Becoming

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

God May Have Mercy, But We Won't.

Religious

May

Mercy

I Think We've Got To Make A Case That I'm Ready, That I Put My Country First, And It's Time To Put Aside Partisan Rancor And Differences And Work Together For The Country And That I Can Create Jobs And Restore Our Economy And Keep Our Country Safe.

Country

Thinking

Working Together

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

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

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

Government

People

Southern

I 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

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

Unfortunately, Governor Bush Is A Pat Robertson Republican Who Will Lose To Al Gore.

Als

Republican

Governors

I Strongly Support The Second Amendment And I Believe The Second Amendment Ought To Be Preserved - Which Means No Gun Control.

Believe

Mean

Gun

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

Country

Kids

Thinking

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

Mean

Thinking

Long

I Will Veto Every Single Beer, Um, Bill With Earmarks.

Beer

Bills

Veto

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

Party

Home

Republican

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

Book

Issues

Economics

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 Will Have To Wait A Little Longer To See If Armageddon Has Arrived.

Waiting

Littles

Armageddon

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

Country

Proud

Wells

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

Baby

Water

Hot

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

Commitment

Goal

Important

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

Everybody Says That They're Against The Special Interests. I'm The Only One The Special Interests Don't Give Any Money To.

Giving

Special

Interest

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

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

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

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

Fear Is The Opportunity For Courage, Not Proof Of Cowardice.

Positive

Leadership

Motivation

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

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

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

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

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

[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

It's The Only Way That I See That It Can Be Done," Mccain Said. "obviously, It Has Failed In The Past, But I Also Notice There Is A Somewhat Changed Attitude On The Part Of The American People About This Issue.

Attitude

Past

Issues

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

Country

Patriotic

Sacrifice

Let Me Say That No One Has Supported President Bush On Iraq More Than I Have.

Iraq

President

President Bush

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

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

Hurt

War

America

The Role Of The Vice President Is To Break Ties In The Senate And Inquire Daily Into The Health Of The President.

Ties

President

Vices

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

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

Fighting

Causes

Life Is

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

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

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

(obama) Really Has No Experience Or Knowledge Or Judgment About The Issue Of Iraq And He Has Wanted To Surrender For A Long Time.

Iraq

Issues

Long

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

Thinking

Social

Protect

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

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

Race

Voice

Needs

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

Democrats Proposing Failure In Iraq By Withdrawing.

Iraq

Democrat

Withdrawing

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

Jobs

Believe

Agency

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

War

Cold

Ends

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

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

President

Vices

United States

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

Inspirational

Life

Moving

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

Jobs

Training

Needs

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

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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