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" Everybody has barriers to overcome, some more than others. I don't want to act like I'm all that unique. America's full of stories like mine. This is a special country with enormous opportunity for those who don't quit. "

Mitch McConnell

Special

Unique

America

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Through

" I just want to remind everybody that this is an extraordinarily resilient country we live in. "

" It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. "

" I hope in the end that people will remember what Reagan said: that if he could get 80 percent of what he wanted, you call it a win and move on. "

" We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and the fiscal cliff deal at the end of 2012, which saved 99 percent of Americans from a tax increase. "

" I think it's a time to be sad about what's been done to the United States Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world. "

" We're not gonna misread our mandate. "

" America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department. "

Mitch McConnell

Force

Defense

" We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather. "

" We need to bear in mind that we don't have religious tests in this country, and we also need to remember that some of our best allies in the war against Islamic terrorism are Muslims. "

" We need to say to everyone on Election Day, 'Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.' "

" When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward. "

" I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman. "

" Americans are too speedy. "

Mitch McConnell

Speedy

Too

" I thought the Pence selection ought to reassure the right-of-center voters that a Trump administration would be a right-of-center administration. "

" If there's any country in the world that doesn't deserve sanctions relief, it's Russia. "

" While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency. "

" I want to reassure our NATO allies that if any of them get attacked, we'll be there to defend them. "

" Nurses told my mother that I was going to be OK. They thought I could walk without a limp and without a brace. And we stopped in a shoe store on the way home and bought a pair of low-top saddle Oxford shoes, which was sort of a symbol that I was going to be a normal little boy. "

" NATO is the most important military alliance in world history. "

" My first memory in life was my last visit to Warm Springs. "

" Diplomacy is important, extremely important, and I don't think these reductions at the State Department are appropriate because many times diplomacy is a lot more effective - and cert cheaper - than military engagement. "

" No matter what a candidate for president may say during the campaign, once someone is sworn in, they are constrained by the Constitution - about what the Constitution allows and doesn't allow, what the law allows and doesn't allow. "

" It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are. "

" Personally criticizing a member of my staff hardly seemed like the way to negotiate a deal. "

Mitch McConnell

Way

Personally

" My view is that Trump will not change the Republican Party, America's right-of-center party. If he brings in new followers, that's great, and well worth the effort, but he will not change the Republican Party. "

" Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? "