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Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad medical science.

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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Former United States Senator
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Freddie Dalton Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson
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This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
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Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake.
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We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.
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After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.
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If we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing solution
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The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.
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And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up
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Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines.
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I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing.
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Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them
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Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.
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You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.
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Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.
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The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has ordered a Christian club to allow non-Christians as leaders. While we're at it, let's put high school dropouts in charge of the University.
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Because John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.
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