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" Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe. "

William M. Daley

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" Politics is all about relationships, people. A lot of it's emotional. It's not rocket science. "

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" There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department. "

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" When a state offers your company an attractive package of incentives to relocate, you have to look at it, and if it significantly boosts your bottom line, you have to take it or answer to your investors. "

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" Business leaders should show what our political leaders seem to lack - that is, a common-sense view of the times. "

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" I know something about trade agreements. I was proud to help President Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 and create what is still the world's largest free-trade area, linking 426 million people and more than $12 trillion of goods and services. "

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" It's been proven in Washington: It's very hard to negotiate and try to get a deal done in public. "

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" You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand. "

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" As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders. "

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" Lots of people throw around phrases of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game - a video game or something. Some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about. "

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" When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation. "

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" If we don't set the rules for commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, China will. "

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" There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores. "

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" It sounds good to say, 'We're going to do this,' on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it's not going to work. "

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" The reason CAFTA should be enacted is not economic benefits: it is national security. "

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" A chief of staff has to reflect the president's governing style. "

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" Sanders insists the party adopt 'the most progressive platform ever passed' at its Philadelphia convention. Since when does the runner-up get to dictate the platform? "

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" We can't give the impression to our allies or friends in Asia that because the president is against TPP... that therefore, economically, we're going to pull away from Asia. "

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" Now that Donald Trump has won the presidency despite losing the popular vote, there's a growing cry to rethink, or even abolish, the electoral college. This would be a mistake. "

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