"I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs."

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"I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs."

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"I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid."

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"I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect."

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"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."

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"I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman."

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"You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today."

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"Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have."

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"Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're too good. Problem is, what they're doing is conditioning kids to merely accept the culture at hand. But the rebels won't accept it."

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