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Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction.
I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank.
We can't disrupt polling places anymore, ... It doesn't serve any purpose. It just makes people mad.
Why the hell do I have to keep updating my apps on my iPhone all the time and why you don't fix that?
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
When you run ads saying you are going to save social security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle.
The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book.
On Putin's order, Russian security services try to destabilize NATO allies the U.S. has sworn to defend.
The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.
For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most.
I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence.
Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.
Inexperience because of (President Barack) Obama's inexperience.Look that would be one of the challenges.
Russia has now become a nation fueled by petro-dollars that is basically a KGB apparatchik-run government.
A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.
I have the greatest appreciation for Governor [Sarah] Palin and her family. There's great joy to know them.
I've seen enough killing in my life. I know how precious human life is and I don't need a lecture from you.
Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government.
Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.
Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States.
As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.
China is the one, the only one, that can control Kim Jong Un, this crazy, fat kid that's running North Korea.
I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.
Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.
We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos, there will be genocide, and they will follow us home.
We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.
On Putin's order, corrupt apparatchiks and crony oligarchs rob Russians of their nation's wealth and resources.
Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.
In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia.
It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist deficit hawk.
I'm just trying to keep things normal around the house, because there's no reason why things shouldn't be normal.
I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time.
The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.
Teachers don't need as much as $140,000 a year, ... But, perhaps some senators don't need $140,000 a year either.
The US does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.
I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing.
After all this time and all this, quote, "experience," how is she [Hillary Clinton] not better at this [military]?
My hero is a guy named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt used to say, walk softly, talk softly but carry a big stick.
It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president to the United States.
Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up.
It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history.
I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.
My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it.
I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have.
I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.
Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them.
I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from.
Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.
We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible.
I think [social media] is fundamentally restructuring the whole nature of information and how it's expressed in America.