[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.

-John McCain

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Crazy

Thinking

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

Vocabulary

Use

Language

I Believe Strongly That We Should Have Nominees To The United States Supreme Court Based On Their Qualifications Rather Than Any Litmus Test.

Believe

Should Have

Tests

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

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.

Running

Ambition

Political

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

Song

Beach

Boys

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

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

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

Thinking

Media

America

The Day That I Can Land At The Airport In Baghdad And Ride In An Unarmed Car Down The Highway To The Green Zone Is The Day That I'll Start Considering Withdrawals From Iraq.

Airports

Land

Iraq

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

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

Als

Republican

Governors

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

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

Conservatives Came To Office To Reduce The Size Of Government And Enlarge The Sphere Of Free And Private Initiative. But Lately We Have Increased Government In Order To Stay In Office. And, Soon, If We Don't Remember Why We Were Elected We Will Have Lost Our Office Along With Our Principles, And Leave A Mountain Of Debt That Our Children's Grandchildren Will Suffer From Long After We Have Departed This Earth. Because, My Friends, Hypocrisy Is The Most Obvious Of Sins, And The People Will Punish It.

Children

Government

Order

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.

Care

Veteran

Judgment

I Don't Know A Politician Who Enjoys Fundraising. The System Is Such That The American People Have Lost Faith.

Fundraising

People

Politician

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

Addiction

Enemy

Cunning

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

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

Self

Doubt

Assets

The Point To Me Is Not What Donald Trump Is Saying Because We Keep Reacting To Just Things He Says In His Tweets. What He Is Doing Is Important.

Important

Trump

Round Up And Deport Two Million Aliens Who Committed Crimes.

Two

Aliens

Crime

God May Have Mercy, But We Won't.

Religious

May

Mercy

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

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

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 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

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

Space

Exploration

Certain

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

Talking

Dollars

Trust Me

Iran Launches Monkey Into Space

Iran

Space

Monkeys

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

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

Thinking

Social

Protect

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

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

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

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

People Want The Truth, Even If They Disagree.

People

Want

Ifs

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

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

Military

Struggle

America

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

Colombia

Trade

Free Trade

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

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

Eye

I Am Sure That Senator Clinton Would Make A Good President. I Have No Doubt That Senator Clinton Would Make A Good President.

Doubt

President

Clinton

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

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.

Thinking

People

Waiting

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

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

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

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 Am Very Much In Favor Of Tax Cuts.

Cutting

Favors

Taxes

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

Russia Is A Gas Station Masquerading As A Country.

Country

Russia

Gas Stations

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

Subjecting Prisoners To Abuse Leads To Bad Intelligence, Because Under Torture A Detainee Will Tell His Interrogator Anything To Make The Pain Stop. Second, Mistreatment Of Our Prisoners Endangers U.s. Troops Who Might Be Captured By The Enemy – If Not In This War, Then In The Next. And Third, Prisoner Abuses Exact On Us A Terrible Toll In The War Of Ideas, Because Inevitably These Abuses Become Public.

Pain

War

Ideas

A Man I Admire And Respect - Congressman John Lewis, An American Hero, Made Allegations That Sarah Palin And I Were Somehow Associated With The Worst Chapter In American History, Segregation, Deaths Of Children In Church Bombings, George Wallace. That, To Me, Was So Hurtful.

Children

Hero

Men

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 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

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

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

Senior

Years

Scare

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

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

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

Race

Voice

Needs

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

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

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

Memorial Day

Enemy

May

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

Mistake

Character

People

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

Facts

Veteran

Trump

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

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

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

Party

Home

Republican

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

Country

Proud

Wells

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

Needs

Mail

Particular

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

Bashar Assad Is A Major Cause Of The Refugees Which Are Now Flooding Europe And Causing Such Consternation In The United States.

Europe

United States

Causes

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

Home

Optimistic

Arizona

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

The Facts Are Facts And Records Are Records.

Records

Facts

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

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

I Think We Need To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions. But I Try To Get Involved In Issues Where I See A Legislative Result... So I Just Leave The Issue Alone Because I Don't See A Way Through It, And There Are Certain Fundamentals, For Example Nuke Power, That People On The Left Will Never Agree With Me On. So Why Should I Waste My Time When I Know The People On The Left Are Going To Reject Nuclear Power?

Thinking

Issues

People

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

Patriotic

Opportunity

Goodness

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

Osama Bin Laden

Hell

Gates

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

Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal.

War

Criminals

Putin

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'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

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

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

Military

Clinton

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

Waiting

United

Approach

Torture Doesn't Work.

Torture

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

Positive

Leadership

Motivation

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

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

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 World Is On Fire.

Fire

World

When A Major Airline Goes On A Route That A New Entrant Has Gone Into, Reduces Fares, Increases Capacity, And Then When The New Entrant Goes Off, They Leave The Route, That's Not Competition.

Competition

Gone

Goes On

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

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

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

Russia

Democracy

Force

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

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

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

Country

Thug

Cities

I Say That The United States Of America Is A Unique Experiment In History. I Believe In American Exceptionalism. I Wasn't For Sending Ground Forces Into Libya. It Would Have Been Counterproductive, But We Are An Inspiration To These People. I Know Because I've Looked Them In The Eyes, And They Looked At Me. They Look To America For Inspiration And Leadership.

Believe

Inspiration

Eye

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

America's Image Throughout The World Is Very Bad.

America

World

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

Order

Ideas

Giving

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

Hate

Long

I Hate

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

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

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

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

Contribution

Washing

The Only Way You Approach Politics And Seek Elective Office Is To Move Forward. For Me To Look Back In Anger Or With Any Rancor Would Be A Mistake.

Mistake

Moving

Office

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

Biden

Results

Partners

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

Ambition

Presidential

Disease

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

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

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

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

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

Country

Children

States

I Admire Obama, And I Like Him. I Think He Has A Great Deal Of Talent. He Should Be Applauded For His Eloquence And For His Ability To Motivate Millions.

Thinking

Talent

Admire

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

War

Long

Working Together

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

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

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

I Take A Backseat To No One In My Affection, Respect And Devotion To Veterans. And I Will Not Accept From Senator Obama, Who Did Not Feel It Was His Responsibility To Serve Our Country In Uniform, Any Lectures On My Regard For Those Who Did.

Country

Responsibility

Uniforms

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

It's Not Social Issues I Care About.

Issues

Care

Social

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

War

Iraq

Als

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

Answers

Mail

Clinton

The Last Thing Members Of The Committee Want To Do Is Pass Legislation.

Want

Lasts

Legislation

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

Baby

Water

Hot

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

Believe

Thinking

Talking

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

War

Risk

Honor

And By The Way, I Would Not Only Reappoint Greenspan; If Greenspan Would Happen To Die, God Forbid, I Would Do Like They Did In The Movie 'weekend At Bernie's.' I Would Prop Him Up And Put A Pair Of Dark Glasses On Him.

Dark

Weekend

Glasses

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

Mosquitoes

Nudists

Committees

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

Iraq

President

President Bush

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

Done

Betray

Public Trust

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.

Believe

Tired

Responsibility

I Am Not President Bush.

President

President Bush

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

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

Military

Issues

Giving

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 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

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

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'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

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

Leadership

Party

Health

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

War

Winning

Enemy

Just Stop At One Of These Construction Sites And Look And See Who Those Workers Are. They're All Hispanic ... And I Bet You They're Illegal.

Looks

Construction Sites

Illegal

I'm 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

Responsibility Always Stops At The President's Desk.

Responsibility

President

Desks

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

War

Ideas

Historical

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

White

America

House

Courage Is The Enforcing Virtue, The One That Makes Possible All The Other Virtues Common To Exceptional Leaders: Honesty, Integrity, Confidence, Compassion And Humility

Leadership

Honesty

Integrity

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

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

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

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 Am A Republican. I'm Loyal To The Party Of Abraham Lincoln And Theodore Roosevelt. And I Believe That My Party, In Some Ways, Has Strayed From Those Principles, Particularly On The Issue Of Fiscal Discipline.

Party

Believe

Issues

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

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

People

Hollywood

Ugly

I Have A Fundamental Belief In The Goodness And Strength Of The American Worker. And The American Worker Is The Most Productive, The Most Innovative. America Is Still The Greatest Producer, Exporter And Importer. I Have A Fundamental Belief In The United States Of America. And I Still Believe, Under The Right Leadership, Our Best Days Are Ahead Of Us.

Believe

Belief

Goodness

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

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

Running

Blow

Wife

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

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

Believe

Impact

Guy

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

War

Cold

Ends

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

America Has Much To Gain In Terms Of Jobs And Trade By Meeting The Growing World Demand For Advanced, Environmentally Sound Technologies.

Jobs

Technology

America

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

Thinking

Pigs

Stills

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

Sound

Arms

Aids

All Interested Parties Must Be Willing To Make Significant Sacrifices.

Party

Sacrifice

Significant

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

[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

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

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

Winning

Thinking

Want

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

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

There Is No Confidence In The Arab World Today In The United States Of America.

America

United States

World

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

Despite Occasional Policy Differences Between Us, I Have Long Respected Jim Jeffords' Integrity, And His Conscientious Service To His Constituents And To The Nation.

Integrity

Differences

Long

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

Appreciation

Joy

Palin

Bin Laden’s Death And The Debate Over Torture.

Debate

Torture

Bin Laden

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

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

Memorable

Media

Bird

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

Attention

Pay

Problem

Certify Border Is Secure; Only Then Allow Guest Workers.

Guests

Borders

Workers

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

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

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

Peace

War

Reality

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

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

Government

Without Trust

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

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

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

Mother

Children

Growing Up

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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