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" We are a country with a conscience. "
John McCain
Conscience
Country
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" To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not. "
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" I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline. "
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" I think that Rand Paul represents a segment of the GOP, just like his father. And I think he is trying to expand that, intelligently, to make it larger. "
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" Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining. "
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" My record shows that I have put my country first, and I follow the philosophy and traditions of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. "
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" You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare. "
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" I've tried to say that I admire and respect Sen. Obama. He has accomplished great things, and he has motivated people, and so - and he loves his country, just as I do. "
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" Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction. "
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" The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great power on par with America. It is a gas station run by a corrupt, autocratic regime. "
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" The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless. "
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" I guess my view is I believe less governance is best governance and that government should not do what the free enterprise and private enterprise and indidividual entrepreneurship and the states can do. "
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" We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal! "
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" As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am confronted every day with the security concerns and threats to our own nation's safety, as well as threats to the rest of the world. "
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I Am
Day
" I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also. "
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" The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence. "
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" We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves. "
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" As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate. "
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Us
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" I tell the same stories all the time because I like them! "
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Same
" Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions. "
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" I think that Fox News is a bit schizophrenic. "
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" On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately target aid workers and hospitals. They threaten Syrian freedom fighters trained by the U.S. They are allied with our enemies in the Middle East and trying to weaken our friendships there. "
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" I'm not against a border wall, OK, but go to China, and you'll see a border wall there. We need technology, we need drones, we need surveillance capabilities, and we need rapid-reaction capabilities. "
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" I believe that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. I believe it's clear that he had every intention to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction. I can only imagine what Saddam Hussein would be doing with the wealth he would acquire with oil at $110 and $120 a barrel. "
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" As he assumes the awesome responsibilities of the presidency, Donald Trump has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts. I am encouraged that he recognizes these problems and has pledged to rebuild the military. "
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" I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel. "
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Mind
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" I believe we should always put our country first. "
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" The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government. "
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