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"I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported."
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"The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism."
"It's best to keep America just like that, always in the background, a sort of picture post card which you look at in a weak moment. Like that, you imagine it's always there waiting for you, unchanged, unspoiled, a big patriotic open space with cows and sheep and tenderhearted men ready to bugger everything in sight, man, woman or beast. It doesn't exist, America. It's a name you give to an abstract idea."
"We were very happy when a South African court, which had previously ruled against us, took another look and decided that this material was not obscene and allowed it into the country."
"I have no nationality - the best possible status for an intellectual."
"It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something."
"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet."
"There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American."
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"In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party."
"There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed."
"The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN."
"I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!"
"It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something."
"Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals."
"I want our young people to believe as we did that there is no goal too high to reach if they are willing to work."
"That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage."
"The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study."
"America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor."
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