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" As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders. "
William M. Daley
Shareholders
Understand
Democrat
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" It sounds good to say, 'We're going to do this,' on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it's not going to work. "
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" I was Al Gore's campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half-million more votes than George W. Bush but lost the presidency. "
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" When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation. "
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" There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them. "
William M. Daley
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" Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government. "
William M. Daley
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Government
" The reason CAFTA should be enacted is not economic benefits: it is national security. "
William M. Daley
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" Lots of people throw around phrases of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game - a video game or something. Some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about. "
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Game
" I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors. "
William M. Daley
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Through
" Trump is a different politician. He was a different businessman. His campaign was different. What you saw in his campaign is what you're going to see in his presidency. "
William M. Daley
Politician
You
Different
" As president, you can't just say, 'I want this,' or, 'Do that.' A president has to lead the American people to where he wants to go, and the chief of staff needs to help him get it done. "
William M. Daley
Help
People
Say
" Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much more difficult. "
William M. Daley
Pen
Talk
People
" There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores. "
William M. Daley
Days
Want
Move
" There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department. "
William M. Daley
Politics
Room
Commerce
" Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help. "
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Help
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Elections
" Young people - motivating them in any election is hard to do. "
William M. Daley
Young
Them
Election
" Business leaders should show what our political leaders seem to lack - that is, a common-sense view of the times. "
William M. Daley
Business
View
Show
" There's a growing sense among large corporations that to solve global problems like climate change, the responsibility can't fall just on the government. The business community has to be a big piece of that. "
William M. Daley
Change
Community
Fall
" What comes into the Oval Office are not the good or easy decisions. The easy decisions are made elsewhere. The things that make it to the Oval are always the hard ones. "
William M. Daley
Easy
Always
Office
" It's been proven in Washington: It's very hard to negotiate and try to get a deal done in public. "
William M. Daley
Deal
Been
Try
" I know something about trade agreements. I was proud to help President Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 and create what is still the world's largest free-trade area, linking 426 million people and more than $12 trillion of goods and services. "
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American
People
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" Obviously in a campaign, people say lots of things that they find, when they get in the office, life's a little different. "
William M. Daley
People
Office
Life
" We can't give the impression to our allies or friends in Asia that because the president is against TPP... that therefore, economically, we're going to pull away from Asia. "
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" Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. "
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Think
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" There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system. "
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People
" The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact. "
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" The chief of staff has to reflect and sometimes complement the strengths of the president he serves. "
William M. Daley
Strengths
Sometimes
Reflect
" Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy. "
William M. Daley
Foreign Policy
Trade
Policy
" Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe. "
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Leaders
" When a state offers your company an attractive package of incentives to relocate, you have to look at it, and if it significantly boosts your bottom line, you have to take it or answer to your investors. "
William M. Daley
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Company