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Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.
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We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things it tells China, it tells Iran. That would be terrible.
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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
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Arafat was a barrier to peace.
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There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'
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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.
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Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there.
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When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
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In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or that amnesty will work. We are headed into uncharted waters.
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
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When a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, you shouldn't change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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When I started to get involved in the crime issue, people said, it's a local issue. I said, No, there are lots of ways the federal government can help. And the best way the federal government can help, and did in the Crime Bill, is to find programs that work around the country and help them spread.
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If you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.
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Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don't think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
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