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" I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche. "
Tim Kaine
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" People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. "
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" I do plan to be on the podium with President Clinton when she's inaugurated in January 2017 - but I'm going to be sitting with the senators. "
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" The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector. "
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" If we are going to be serious about enforcing the law, we have to have a background record check system to make sure that people don't get weapons who shouldn't. "
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" If you want a senator who'll partner with the president to do what's best for the nation, I'm your guy. "
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" When people are left out, we're naturally going to focus on that, if it's 47 million people who don't have health insurance, if it's 23,000 people who die every year because they lack access to health care for something that's easily treatable. "
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" When Democrats kind of cavalierly attack the religious right or go after Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell, our candidates have sent the signal to a lot of religious people, 'Well, I guess they are not interested in me.' And I think this includes a lot of people who would fit very naturally within the Democratic Party. "
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Think
" My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person. "
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" I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started. "
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" If you ask people, 'What do you think, should we kick kids off their family insurance policy in that 21- to 26-year-old age range?' You go through those... provisions that are already affecting the everyday lives of Americans, and people don't want to get rid of them. "
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Family
People
Want
" A drone isn't any different than a bomb; it's not any different than other weapons that are used, where there is always a capacity for people to be killed who you wished were not. "
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Always
" As soon as something really bad happens, I guarantee you Congress will act. I absolutely guarantee you Congress will act. But the question is, should we wait for that? "
Tim Kaine
Question
Wait
Will
" The research clearly demonstrates high-quality early childhood opportunities help children succeed. "
Tim Kaine
Childhood
Succeed
Children
" Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult. "
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Elections
" I went to a Jesuit boys high school, Rockhurst High School. "
Tim Kaine
High School
High
School
" I believe all people, regardless of sexual orientation, should be guaranteed the full rights to the legal benefits and responsibilities of marriage under the Constitution. "
Tim Kaine
Constitution
People
Marriage
" While Congressional members face the political costs of debate on military action, our service members bear the human costs of those decisions. And if we choose to avoid debate, avoid accountability, avoid a hard decision, how can we demand that our military willingly sacrifice their very lives? "
Tim Kaine
Sacrifice
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Service
" I deeply believe - and not just as a matter of politics, but even as a matter of morality - that matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves. And the last thing we need is government intruding into those personal decisions. "
Tim Kaine
Believe
Politics
Government
" But people ought to be proud to be Democrats right now. You know, we're a happy warrior party. And this Congress has every reason to be very, very proud of the heavy lifting that they have done. "
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You
Happy
Know
" When you want to know something about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that began long before they were in office and that they have consistently held it throughout their career. "
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Life
" Anne and I have now been married almost 32 years, and I am the luckiest husband in the world. "
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" One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia? "
Tim Kaine
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" The key is grow your talent, attract talent, and then you'll attract the institutions that want to be around talent - and that, to me, is what we need to do at the national level. "
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" My faith teaches that life is sacred. That's why I personally oppose the death penalty. But I take my oath of office seriously, and I'll enforce the death penalty... because it's the law. "
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Death Penalty
Life
" We had a motto in my school: 'Men for Others.' And it was there that my faith became something vital. My north star for orienting my life. And when I left high school, I knew that I wanted to battle for social justice. "
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School
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Motto
" You don't ask people to sacrifice their lives until the nation has debated and committed to the mission. It's immoral. "
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You
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Mission
" I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of. "
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" The framers understood that the president, as the head of our armed forces, must defend the nation from imminent threat. But when the mission shifts from defense to offense, congressional approval is essential. "
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" I'm an optimist. "
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Optimist