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" A bedrock principle of our justice system is ensuring a fair day in court, something that is especially important for children who cannot advocate for themselves. "
Important
Children
Day
" About the only gun law we have in Vermont is during deer season. If you have a semi-automatic, you can't have more than six rounds in it. "
You
Deer
Gun
" A Grateful Dead concert is much more than the music: it's an experience, almost like being in a family of thousands of people. "
Experience
Grateful
Music
" A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners. "
Gun
State
Vermont
" A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another. "
Law Enforcement
Law
Stop
" Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He has to use his brain and his courage. That's what always appealed to me. "
Always
Me
Superpowers
" Benjamin Franklin once said, 'A people who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.' I think we can have both. We can keep our liberties. We can have our security. "
People
Think
Said
" Contrary to what some believe, taking all reasonable and feasible precautions to protect civilians - and mitigating the resulting anger when we harm them - does not need to impede military operations. "
Protect
Need
Military
" Everyone in Congress wants our country to lead, to build alliances, to help American companies compete, and to protect the interests and security of our citizens. You can't have it both ways. You can't expect others to follow if you can't lead, and you can't lead if you don't pay your way. "
Country
American
You
" If the United States is to be a beacon of hope around the world, our actions have to match our ideals. "
Beacon
Hope
Match
" If we harm civilians when it could reasonably have been avoided, and if we fail to fairly and promptly help the innocent victims, the local population will turn against us - and make the fight against violent extremists even more difficult. "
Fight
Innocent
Turn
" I'm a gun owner. "
Gun
Owner
" I'm an old trial lawyer. "
Trial Lawyer
Trial
Old
" I'm not in good enough shape to be Batman. I'll just be Bruce Wayne. "
Just Be
Just
Enough
" I relax more when I'm behind the camera than anything else. I love that. "
Behind
Relax
More
" I remember George W. Bush, who spoke about bringing the country together. Here's a man who knew that he lost the popular vote but ended up with the Electoral College vote. He had lost that, and he spoke in a very inclusive way of bringing Republicans and Democrats together. It reflected what a president should do. "
Remember
Man
College
" It is common sense that in our immigration courts, where children fleeing devastating violence abroad often find themselves, kids need lawyers to advocate on their behalf. After all, lawyers go to school for years to understand the nuances of our legal system. "
School
Children
Legal
" It is wrong for the federal government to deny benefits or privileges to couples who have lawfully wed. "
Benefits
Wrong
Couples
" Judiciary is where my passion is. "
Passion
Judiciary
Where
" Maher Arar's case stands as a sad example of how we have been too willing to sacrifice our core principles to overarching government power in the name of security, when doing so only undermines the principles we stand for and makes us less safe. "
Sacrifice
Sad
Government
" Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years. "
America
Credibility
Working
" Our nation relies on immigrants. "
Nation
Our
Immigrants
" Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do. "
Equal
Community
The Right Thing
" Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the number of violent extremist groups has grown across multiple continents. From Syria to Somalia to Pakistan, the United States is combating many of these groups - usually with bombs and missiles. Large numbers of innocent people are invariably caught in the middle. "
Number
Numbers
Innocent
" Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft. "
You
Stealing
Somewhere
" That the Islamic State is guilty of horrific atrocities is common knowledge. But most Americans seem unaware of the human toll of our own actions, the consequences this has for our national security and our reputation, and that, too often, the civilian casualties we cause are the result of avoidable mistakes. This must change. "
Knowledge
Change
Reputation
" The American people deserve to have a fully functioning Supreme Court. "
American
Supreme Court
People
" The American public is sick and tired of being lied to. "
American
Sick
Tired
" There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices. "
Three
Supreme Court
Women
" The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve. "
Need
Rights
Problems
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