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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next fish, is not necessarily the best way to impart your information to the American people. I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.
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You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.
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And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC
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Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States.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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This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America.
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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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We [The United States] should be prepared to launch a pre-emption strike against Iran to eliminate their nuclear capability.
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Global warming experts are saying that sea levels could rise 20 feet. Apparently their strategy for surviving this is to stand on top of a pile of government research grant money.
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I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.
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We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster.
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I'm not particularly interested in running for president.
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America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in.
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Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake.
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Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad medical science.
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After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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I know the pundits, they get big bucks for . . . pundating.
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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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