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"Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President."
35

"For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war."
31

"I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal."
27

"I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.'"
36

"I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system."
31

"Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day."
33

"Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions."
34

"It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office."
29

"Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement."
35

"If you don't move to protect copyright, if you don't move to protect our children, it's not going to sit well."
33

"If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs."
27

"I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'."
36

"More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity."
37

"To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump."
32

"America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed."
38

"As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order."
34

"There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds."
34

"Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem."
36

"Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality."
37

"It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco."
40

"Compared to the United States, physicians in Europe have a much more conservative approach to joint replacement in general."
34

"As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we could have resolved this conflict and disarmed Saddam Hussein without war. However, this was not the case."
36

"As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families."
40

"We save paradise by an intense education program where you get people that you can trust to talk sanely about the environment and hope that the message will get through."
48

"If you can't protect yourself with talk, you won't be alive to protect yourself with guns."
Talk,
55

"I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content."
59

"They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant."
40

"Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do."
Art,
50

"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
159

"It's easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for 'A Life Less Ordinary'."
42

"I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar."
47

"It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations."
35


"The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation."
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"And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them."
30

"I think that candidates who have pending cases of blood crimes and economic crimes must be definitely banned."
63

"If Sir John A. MacDonald or any other leader of that day were here now, he would have a different program from that of sixty years ago. He sought to give his people policies suited to the time in which he lived."
28

"It is our task to provide policies suited to the different situations of today."
26

"Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day."
25

"Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly."
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