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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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" What will happen is the bills will start out the way we like them; in order to move them - we'll probably have to make compromises. That's the way the legislative process works when it's functioning. "

Mitch McConnell

Process

Move

" I think we know enough now to know that Donald Trump is doing the same kinds of things that Jeb Bush would have done or Marco Rubio would have done or Mitt Romney would have done. "

" I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001. "

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

" 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. "

" Americans are too speedy. "

Mitch McConnell

Speedy

Too

" To call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries. "

" The fact is, if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill; to end the bailouts; cut spending; and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things. "

" Don't fall in love with the map. The map doesn't win elections. "

" I think I'd like to be an owner of a Major League Baseball team. "

" A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of. "

" America's a land of second opportunities. "

" Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him. "

" I always think a debt ceiling is a good tool to carry something. "

" Our nation has a regrettable history of drawing down our forces and readiness after each conflict, only to find ourselve ill-prepared for the next great struggle. "

" 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. "

" No matter how unusual a personality may be who gets elected to office, there are constraints in this country. You don't get to do anything you want to. So I'm very optimistic about America. "

" The country is yearning for a change. I'd rather take my chances on somebody new, particularly with regard to the Supreme Court. "

" The implication here is that those who came to America legally over the years are somehow second-class citizens. "

" I'm not going to comment on White House personnel selections. "

" 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. "

" The majority in the Senate is prepared to restore the Senate's traditions and precedents to ensure that regardless of party, any president's judicial nominees, after full and fair debate, receive a simple up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. "

" It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can give to Americans for Prosperity or something else - a variety of different ways to push back against the party of government. "

" We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century. "

" The people who would call me an obstructionist overlook some inconvenient facts. "

Mitch McConnell

People

Facts

" The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism. "

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