"The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not."

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"The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not."

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"Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes."

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"I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs."

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"Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win."

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"We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity."

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"We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do."

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"If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money."

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"The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it."

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"Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill."

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"September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for."

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