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When you lose an election, you don't blink, you don't turn away. You look it right in the eye and say, why did we lose?

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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.
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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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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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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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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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