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"Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade."
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"I'd thought once, actually, of taking your mind, if you asked. I'd thought I could help you fall asleep at night."He opened his mouth to say something. Shut it again. His face closed for a moment, his unreadable mask falling into place. He spoke softly. "But that wouldn't be fair; for after I slept you'd be left awake, with no one to help you sleep."
"I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan."
"I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order."
"Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself."
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"I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tenancy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results."
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"The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations."
"As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers."
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