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" While a truly national third party wouldn't necessarily be bad, smaller niche parties are ill-suited to our federalist system. "

William M. Daley

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" Obviously in a campaign, people say lots of things that they find, when they get in the office, life's a little different. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Our focus must be on making America the best place on earth to do business. "

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

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" Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government. "

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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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" There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system. "

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" No one knows the Senate better than Joe Biden; he lived there for 35 years. "

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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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" It's logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party's nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn't guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party. "

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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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" 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. "

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