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America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in.

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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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Alabama
Freddie Dalton Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson
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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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I'm offering myself up. I'm saying that if I have the background, the capability and the concern to do this and I'm doing this for the right reasons... but I'm not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I'd make a good president. Nowadays, the process has become much more important than I think it used to be.
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I'm not particularly interested in running for president.
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Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan.
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Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.
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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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We [The United States] should be prepared to launch a pre-emption strike against Iran to eliminate their nuclear capability.
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We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster.
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A new survey shows that the American public is more conservative now than at any point since 1952. The bad news is that all the liberals that died since then are still voting.
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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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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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Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them
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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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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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After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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We, as a nation, cannot wait for the Pearl Harbor of the information age. We must increase our vigilance to tackle this problem before we are hit with a surprise attack.
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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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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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