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I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

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Howard Dean
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 17
Former Governor Of Vermont
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Howard Brush Dean III
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Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving time for non-violent crimes.) Most competent and qualified kindergarden teachers can tell you who the 5 kids are in his or her class likely to wind up in prison 15 - 20 years from now.
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I think we had quite enough capitalism in the last eight years I think we need some regulation now.
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The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe.
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I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.
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We know that no one person can succeed unless everybody else succeeds.
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George Bush calls his biggest fundraisers Rangers and Pioneers. But today, we stand together, and we call ourselves, simply, Americans.
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I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called.
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I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America.
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I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.
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I learned that the American people are pretty great people. And they are just poorly served by their leadership, and Washington's very much out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Americans. My hope is that we'll have a Democratic Administration, and then we'll hold their feet to the fire so they start performing for people who put them there.
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I was hoping to get a reception like this, I'd just hoped that it would be on Thursday night instead of Tuesday night.
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No doctor is going to do an abortion on a live fetus. That doesn't happen. Doctors don't do that. If they do, they'll get their license pulled, as well they should.
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I don't hate Republicans as individuals. But I hate what the Republicans are doing to this country. I really do.
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John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.
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We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.
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The idea that the United States is going to win the war in Iraq is just plain wrong.
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The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club.
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That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.
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I think the recovery hasn't been stronger because the hole that was dug for President Obama by the Bush administration was far worse than anybody could imagine, first of all.
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Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.
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