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"I don't support abortion. I could never participate in one. But I think it would be a mistake to make them illegal again."
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"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."
"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."
"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."
"No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction."
"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
"It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something."
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
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"Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice."
"Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else."
"Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me."
"I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent."
"I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me."
"I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective."
"I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am."
"Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud."
"Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business."
"There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a right but a privilege."
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