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" I only talk to the press if it's to my advantage. "

Mitch McConnell

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" 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. "

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" If the idea behind Obamacare was to get everyone covered, that's one of the many failures. "

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" In the last 100 years, three presidents suffered big defeats in Congress in their first term and then won reelection: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and the most recent example, Bill Clinton. "

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" Putin is a former KGB agent. He's a thug. He was not elected in a way that most people would consider a credible election. "

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

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" After 1994, the public had the impression we Republicans overpromised and underdelivered. "

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

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" It is time for a leader who will lead. "

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" The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose of deliberation and debate, as well as input from both the majority and minority parties - it arrives at a result that is acceptable to people all along the political spectrum. "

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" The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it. "

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" We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal. "

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" 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. "

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" By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't. "

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