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" 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
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" Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a make-or-break moment for the middle class. Mitt Romney's plans would make things worse. "
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" There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?' "
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" The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail. "
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" Most of the people I meet who are on unemployment are people who have had jobs for 25 years, lost them; they've been knocking on doors every week. "
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People
Week
" Any party that writes off 25, 30, 35 percent of the American people is not going to be a winner. "
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People
Going
" Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead. "
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Morning
Children
" Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there. "
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Paint
Accomplishment
Always
" 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? "
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" Working with the media remains an effective and essential way to raise issues, educate the public, and prod policy-makers and corporate leaders to change for the better. "
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Way
Working
" Arafat was a barrier to peace. "
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Arafat
Barrier
" The 2014 election was not a repudiation of government in general. "
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Government
General
" There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision. "
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Experience
Perspective
" To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task. "
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Reform
Tax
" When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private. "
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Phone
" I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company. "
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" 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. "
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Nor
Republican
You
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" So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall. "
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Kids
Want
" Everyone has a hole inside themselves. They don't know they had it until they have kids, and then that hole fills up. And it's so great; it's just God's greatest gift to us. "
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Greatest Gift
God
" When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. "
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Undo
Answer
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Wall