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" When you're not winning, you're losing. "
John McCain
Winning
You
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" We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy. "
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" My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that. "
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" We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves. "
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" We all know spending levels for defense and other urgent priorities have been woefully inadequate for years. But we haven't found the will to work together to adjust them. "
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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 know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it. "
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" On Putin's order, corrupt apparatchiks and crony oligarchs rob Russians of their nation's wealth and resources. "
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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 think that it's important that we understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in America. "
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" During one period while I was in solitary, I memorized the names of all 335 of the men who were then prisoners of war in North Vietnam. I can still remember them. "
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" Some men are much more self-sufficient than others. "
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" Giap was a master of logistics, but his reputation rests on more than that. His victories were achieved by a patient strategy that he and Ho Chi Minh were convinced would succeed - an unwavering resolve to suffer immense casualties and the near total destruction of their country to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful. "
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" I'm sick and tired - and the American people are sick and tired - of the pork barrel spending. "
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" I believe we should always put our country first. "
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Our
" Saddam Hussein is a risk-taking aggressor who has attacked four countries, used chemical weapons against his own people, professed a desire to harm the United States and its allies, and, even faced with the prospect of his regime's imminent destruction, has still refused to abide by Security Council demands that he disarm. "
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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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" On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a complete review of the impact on morale and battle effectiveness of 'don't ask, don't tell' before we repeal it. That's my position now. Now they're trying to ram through a repeal without a - any kind of really realistic survey done. "
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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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" In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality. "
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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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" We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them. "
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" I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time. "
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" We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. "
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" Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in. It could cost our reputation in history as the nation distinct from all others in our achievements, our identity, and our enduring influence on mankind. Our values are central to all three. "
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" I consider myself a realist. "
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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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" Sen. Obama comes from the old Chicago machine politics and has never taken on the special interests in his party on a major issue ever. "
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Never
Party