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"What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities."
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"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."

"There's a profit attached to every problem. Find it, face it and fix it."

"Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you."

"A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it."

"To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life."

"Few coffee shops have books, fewer have good books, and even less will have one book that can change your whole life. Now, the question is: How many people can find that book? And, among those who do, how many will read it? Because, you see, life always provides opportunities, but not many can see them, when they're just there, waiting to be found, when they come our way, even if in the most unexpected place in the world. One has to be very sharp to recognize a window of opportunity in a wall of illusions. And the ability to redirect attention, demands that one can be capable as well of knowing his own limitations in the vast sea of energy and vibrations. Now, I could be talking about a book, a group or a person, as the axiom remains true to itself."

"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."

"Infinite potential exists for what actions can be taken."

"Good fortune often occurs when you stop expecting life to present opportunities to you and you start presenting opportunities to life."

"Each new day offers the chance to start afresh, to achieve those things you most desires."
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"We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns."

"Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary."

"For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance."

"We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it."

"Let me be clear. I support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman."

"When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse."

"I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge."

"The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy."
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