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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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We can't have a Twitter president. This is serious stuff, this governing.
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The companies move labor to the lowest-cost markets. And so I don`t - I used to support these agreements. In the Congress, I lost the AFL-CIO endorsement a few years because I supported them. But when middle class incomes are declining, these agreements don`t work well for America.
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If you talk privately to our tech companies, our pharmaceutical companies, our high-end manufacturing companies, the high end of America, where the good-paying jobs are, China is not letting them in unless China gets to steal their intellectual property in a company that`s 51 percent owned by the Chinese.
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.
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Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
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Donald Trump, when he gives his speeches, talks like a populist. And he talks to middle class and working America and poor people. But when he governs, at least in his first 40 days, he governs like a hard-right guy.
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I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.
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If you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.
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Arafat was a barrier to peace.
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I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.
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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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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.
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I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.
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In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
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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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Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.
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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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