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I can connect with peoples' pain because I was 'po' before I was 'poor'.

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Herman Cain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1945
Born: December 13
Died: 2020
Died: July 30
Author
Businessperson
Journalist
Politician
Radio Personality
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Memphis
Tennessee
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It is the policies of the Obama Administration that has led to a stagnated economy as well as high unemployment, as well as many of the other issues that we face.
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Democrats are losing loyal voters, but the Republicans aren't picking them up. Democrats are ideologically bankrupt. Republicans have a major brand-identity problem
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We need a leader, not a reader.
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I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters. Not because I'm not a fighter.
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The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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I know I'm going to get in trouble!
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There are generally three kinds of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who say, what in the heck happened.
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If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground.
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I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their citizens board, and I got elected to the Fed Chairmanship for the Federal Reserve Kansas City Bank back in the mid-'90s. It might have been 1995-'96.
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Okay, Libya. President Obama supported the uprising, correct?... No, that's a different one. I've got to go back, got all this stuff twirling around in my head.
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My message of common-sense solutions is resonating with people. People around the country are starting to know who I am and starting to identify me with solutions, not rhetoric.
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The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.
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I'm not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. Just thought I'd throw that out.
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Well, you show me the science [that being gay is not a choice] and I'll be persuaded.
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Let me tell you what the Cain Doctrine would be, as it relates to Israel if I were president. You mess with Israel, you are messing with the United States of America!
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This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would vote for me, based on my own anecdotal feedback. Not vote for me because I'm black but because of my policies.
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I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.
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They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.
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Just look inside and you will find just what you can do.
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I just want people who are qualified, I want them to believe in the Constitution of the United States of America. So yep, I don't have a problem with appointing an openly gay person. Because they're not going to try to put sharia law in our laws.
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