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" Maybe it's true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn't offer them anything of the tone they want to listen to. "

David Frum

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" The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies. "

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" What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance. "

" My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill. "

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" We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress. "

" My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached. "

" Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained. "

" A presidential speech is always the work of many hands. "

" Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach? "

" Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox. "

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" The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens. "

" In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it. "

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" Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them. "

" Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen. "

" My view on candidates on money is unless it's proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money. "