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"If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force."

"All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments."

"As a scientist in the field of biological warfare defense, I have never had any reservations whatsoever about helping the anthrax investigation in any way that I could."

"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?"

"A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in."

"In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit."

"Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission."
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"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

"As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it."

"If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful."

"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer."

"There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families."
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