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" 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. "

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" But we should be mindful as we argue about our differences that so much more unites than divides us. We should also note that our differences, when compared with those in many, if not most, other countries, are smaller than we sometimes imagine them to be. "

" Frankly, I would never accept an award from Vladimir Putin because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher, this KGB agent, which is what he is. "

" Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character. "

" The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great power on par with America. It is a gas station run by a corrupt, autocratic regime. "

" When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in. "

" I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel. "

" I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training. "

" Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up. "

" Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again. "

" For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most. "

" As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference. "

" China is the one, the only one, that can control Kim Jong Un, this crazy, fat kid that's running North Korea. "

" 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. "

" We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them. "

" Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees. "

" I think it's important that the President of the United States consult as widely as possible with those who have different views so that he can - he or she - can make the most informed decisions. "

" Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times. "

" Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction. "

" We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy. "

" Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says. "

" You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party. I think it would be foolish to ignore them. "

" Civic participation over a lifetime, working in neighborhoods and communities and service of all kinds - military and civilian, full-time and part-time, national and international - will strengthen America's civic purpose. "

" Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values. "

" In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality. "

" You raise taxes during an economic crisis time, as we did in - back in the time of Herbert Hoover, you send the country into a depression. "

" I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from. "

" The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on. "