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" There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them. "

William M. Daley

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" Palin's blatant lack of competence and preparedness needs no belaboring. What's critical is that substantive, serious Republican leaders either wouldn't or couldn't declare, before or after the election, 'This is not what our party stands for. We can and must do better.' "

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" What comes into the Oval Office are not the good or easy decisions. The easy decisions are made elsewhere. The things that make it to the Oval are always the hard ones. "

William M. Daley

" In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once. "

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" Most Republicans and the business community extol the virtues of trade, depicting it as an engine of economic progress, while most Democrats and unions attack the exportation of American jobs, claiming that trade agreements are destroying our economy. "

William M. Daley

" Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much more difficult. "

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" The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact. "

William M. Daley

" Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. "

William M. Daley

" 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. "

William M. Daley

" Whether McCain actively sought Palin in 2008 or passively yielded to aides' pressure, he set a new standard for GOP candidates who rely on lots of sizzle and little substance. "

William M. Daley

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

William M. Daley

" Trump is a different politician. He was a different businessman. His campaign was different. What you saw in his campaign is what you're going to see in his presidency. "

William M. Daley

" Bernie Sanders is making a big and potentially dangerous mistake with his continuing insistence on changes to the Democratic Party's rules and platform. I should know. As chairman of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, I understand too well where such ideological stubbornness can lead. "

William M. Daley

" I was Al Gore's campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half-million more votes than George W. Bush but lost the presidency. "

William M. Daley

" 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. "

William M. Daley

" 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. "

William M. Daley

" Commerce was the best job I could ever have. "

William M. Daley

" The Microsoft actions announced today are exactly the kinds of industry initiatives we need. Microsoft is using its resources to bring real privacy protection to Internet users by creating incentives for more websites to provide strong privacy protection. "

William M. Daley

" There's a growing sense among large corporations that to solve global problems like climate change, the responsibility can't fall just on the government. The business community has to be a big piece of that. "

William M. Daley

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

William M. Daley

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

William M. Daley

" The Republican establishment's 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect. "

William M. Daley

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

William M. Daley

" Young people - motivating them in any election is hard to do. "

William M. Daley

" President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was moderate, that he wasn't a big spender. "

William M. Daley

" I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors. "

William M. Daley

" While imperfect, the electoral college has generally served the republic well. It forces candidates to campaign in a variety of closely contested races, where political debate is typically robust. "

William M. Daley

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

William M. Daley

" 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. "

William M. Daley

" 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. "

William M. Daley