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Frankly, I would not have made any difference in Vietnam, but much more is what difference it would have made in me.
The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means.
The freer the market is and the more respect you have for private property, the better the environment is protected.
The road to recovery is to stimulate small business and innovation by reducing taxation, regulation, and litigation.
I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.
For those of us who live in the shadow of this noisy monster, there aren't too many of us who are sorry to see it go.
Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.
Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.
Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws.
America is not a country that wanders around trusting people with power. This is a country that wants accountability.
The values of the Left cripple human beings, weaken cities, make it difficult for us to in fact survive as a country.
American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington.
I have my shortcomings. But the message, it has no shortcomings. The message of Liberty is what America is all about.
Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
I'm president of the Senate. I'm not a neophyte when it comes to understanding political alignments and misalignments.
War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.
I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.
I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.
I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
The risk from terrorism remains acute and the private market cannot continue to operate without a government backstop.
There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.
Donald Trump has to understand and his family has to understand that there is a public interest which transcends them.
Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.
In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.
Twitter is a kind of verbalization of people yelling at their television sets or gnashing their teeth at the newspaper.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.
I'm collateral damage. I'm road kill. And in 72 hours, nobody is going to remember who I am nor are they going to care.
The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights.
We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense.
I expect that Trump believes we do not have an obligation to have a Cold War with Russia, but that he is very cautious.
Nothing gets done (in Congress) unless it's bipartisan. And the reason that matters is that it's a function of reality.
Philosophically, I am very different from normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with.
I read 'Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them,' and I found frightening pieces that related to... my own life.
You can't have a healthy economy without sound money, which is why we're on the verge of very serious economic problem.
You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
The influx of families and unaccompanied children at the border poses many risks, including grave public health threats.
Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.
I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.
What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.
Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.
My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.
Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?
Trump would represent turmoil - unless he changed, unless he said, 'Now that I got to be president, I'm gonna be normal.'
Reports have indicated that several border agents have contracted diseases through contact with the unaccompanied minors.
If our children are healthy, they'll develop into their full potential and become wonderful tax-paying citizens sometime.
Here we have been sitting down for a brief moment and you are already asking me if there are pictures of me in my drawers.
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.