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" It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty. "
Chuck Schumer
Remember
Defense
Time
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" I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. "
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" Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges. "
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" But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class. "
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" Arafat was a barrier to peace. "
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" If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now. "
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" Mitt Romney would move the Court even further right, putting landmark decisions like Roe v. Wade at risk. Some say Romney would repeat the past. I disagree - he'd be worse. "
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Say
Past
" On foreign policy, President Obama has kept our nation safe from terrorism and restored our standing in the world. When it comes to one of our closest allies - Israel - President Obama has been resolute. "
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World
Nation
" To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task. "
Chuck Schumer
Task
Reform
Tax
" I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it. "
Chuck Schumer
Think
Education
Future
" Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care. "
Chuck Schumer
Care
Me
People
" Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas. "
Chuck Schumer
Internet
Best
Us
" The 2014 election was not a repudiation of government in general. "
Chuck Schumer
Election
Government
General
" Mitt Romney's only bottom line is the one at the end of his own bank statement. The problem is that he confuses his own narrow, self-interest - and that of people like him - with the national interest. He thinks as long as we do right by the Mitt Romneys of the world, America will be just fine. "
Chuck Schumer
World
End
America
" The Internet in the 21st Century is as important to our future as highways were in the 20th Century. Like a highway, the Internet must remain free and open for all - not determined by the highest bidders. "
Chuck Schumer
Free
Internet
Open
" Middle class people, I think they realize that Romney is not for them because of his narrowness, but they want to make sure that Barack Obama is focused on them with things that will make a difference. They know he tried, but they also know that it didn't do as well as they would have liked. "
Chuck Schumer
Make A Difference
Think
Know
" Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole. "
Chuck Schumer
Will
Find
Political
" Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there. "
Chuck Schumer
Israel
Live
Need
" Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love. "
Chuck Schumer
Step
Life
Love
" Wall Street excesses helped lead to the Great Recession. "
Chuck Schumer
Street
Great
Wall
" The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard. "
Chuck Schumer
Party
Tea Party
Guard
" I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession. "
Chuck Schumer
Teaching
I Think
Teacher
" In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die. "
Chuck Schumer
Die
Today
Competitive
" Have kids; have a lot of kids. Start early and keep having them. "
Chuck Schumer
Having
Start
Lot
" You have to walk in the other guy's moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need? "
Chuck Schumer
Want
You
Bring
" Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations. "
Chuck Schumer
Always
Poison
Excuses
" Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11. "
Chuck Schumer
Nor
Republican
You
" We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum. "
Chuck Schumer
Say
You
Vote
" I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me. "
Chuck Schumer
Me
Were
Schools
" We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms. "
Chuck Schumer
Party
Legislative
Talk
" I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants. "
Chuck Schumer
Medical
Made
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