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" Today's Republican party is too beholden to factions generally. "

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" There are a lot of wonderful people in America who shouldn't be on the Supreme Court - and a lot who should be on the court who aren't such wonderful people. "

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

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" I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated. "

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" The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party. "

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" If you go on TV and say there's no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you. "

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