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"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."

"Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took."

"A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class."

"It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system."

"Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments."

"We have to deal with two issues. Spending and taxes."

"Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!'"

"Each and every day, Israel's very existence is at stake."

"I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough."
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"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."

"Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops."

"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."

"Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there."

"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."

"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."
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