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Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.

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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
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Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.
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If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, then you say 'He's a nice guy. I don't know where he came from or how long he's been here, but Charlie Rangel's the man.' That's what I'm relying on.
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I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance.
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If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.
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I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.
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I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.
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If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.
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As a Korean War Veteran I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.
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Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.
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I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.
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The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.
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There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
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I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.
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Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.
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Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.
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We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black, the brown, the poor of all colors, have the largest stake not because we have the most to lose, but because we have worked the hardest, and given the most, for what we have achieved.
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The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.
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We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.
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As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.
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Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.
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