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" 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. "

William M. Daley

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" You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand. "

" The Republican establishment's 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect. "

" Commerce was the best job I could ever have. "

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" Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy. "

" Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe. "

" There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department. "

" The chief of staff has to reflect and sometimes complement the strengths of the president he serves. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact. "

" I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors. "

William M. Daley

Academic

Through

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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. "

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