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" I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from. "
John McCain
War
Good
People
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" I think that Rand Paul represents a segment of the GOP, just like his father. And I think he is trying to expand that, intelligently, to make it larger. "
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" 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. "
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" During one period while I was in solitary, I memorized the names of all 335 of the men who were then prisoners of war in North Vietnam. I can still remember them. "
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" I know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it. "
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" The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. "
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" 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. "
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" I believe that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. I believe it's clear that he had every intention to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction. I can only imagine what Saddam Hussein would be doing with the wealth he would acquire with oil at $110 and $120 a barrel. "
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" Public life has many more privileges than hardships. "
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" Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged. "
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" Sen. Obama comes from the old Chicago machine politics and has never taken on the special interests in his party on a major issue ever. "
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Never
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" When Barack Obama won in 2008, in 2009 I voted for his team because I think that - that the American people wanted him to have his team. But don't think I wasn't worried about it. Really worried. "
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" The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war. "
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" My record shows that I have put my country first, and I follow the philosophy and traditions of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. "
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" I believe we should always put our country first. "
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" We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal! "
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" We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy. "
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" To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not. "
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" Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions. "
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" I have certainly seen my share of the world as it really is and not how I wish it would be. "
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" On Putin's order, Russian security services try to destabilize NATO allies the U.S. has sworn to defend. "
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" The president has promised greater border security. We can agree to that. A literal wall might not be the most effective means to that end, but we can provide the resources necessary to secure the border with smart and affordable measures. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" On the issue of the gay marriage, I believe if people want to have private ceremonies, that's fine. I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal. "
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