"We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol."

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"We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol."

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"And so the Wolf of the West rose from the stone! And so he will rise again if ever the folk of the Six Duchies call to him in need."

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"I stare at him, trying to comprehend what he's done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us."Maybe next time, he says to me with that smile, "you won't be so lucky."

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"A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice."

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"But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."

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"Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did."

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"He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished, he died."

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"If monkey became a man, then a man can become a hero."

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"So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief because people do three things when they get a little extra money in their pocket: They save it or they spend it or they invest it."

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"Ten years ago, Republicans decided it was time to reform our broken welfare system and give welfare recipients the tools they needed to escape the system and build a better life."

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"In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of our Nation."

History

"The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus."

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"My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building."

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