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There's been this attempt to block Donald Trump, in primary candidates and Democrats, that - to try to make everything he says some sort of extreme overstatement.

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Jeff Sessions
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 24
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I think the leaders in all parties tend to adjust to reality. They just have to or they won't remain in office.
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Donald Trump believed that the whole history of trade agreements, most of which I've supported over the years, have not been effective, and I've come to believe he's right.
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My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower.
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Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.
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We've seen what happened in Libya, what a disaster that's been driven by Hillary Clinton, and the disaster in Syria and almost disaster in Egypt. What a close call that's been. We're not out of the woods yet with Egypt.
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We need to give them [the Justice Department] as much power as we can without eroding fundamental liberties.
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I understand the demands for justice and fairness made by the L.G.B.T. community.
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I'm against TPP and I'm going to oppose it.
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I would acknowledge that [Paul] Ryan has some really good ideas about things, and I think they'll get together, like taxes. Larry Kudlow, Stephen Moore, they've been supportive of Ryan's tax view and now they're very supportive of [Donald] Trump's. So I think that's got potential.
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I just want you to know that as a southerner, who actually saw discrimination and have no doubt it existed in a systematic and powerful and negative way to the people - great millions of people in the South, particularly, of America - I know that was wrong. I know we need to do better.
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The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that.
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[Donald Trump] said we're going to have a big door. He means lawful immigration will continue, but we're not going to allow the nation to be at risk in this fashion.
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At least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.
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Amnesty will not help balance our budget ... In fact, a large-scale amnesty is likely to add trillions of dollars to the debt over time, accelerate Medicare's and Social Security's slide into insolvency and put enormous strain on our public-assistance programs.
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Some of my best friends are FBI agents.
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Thirty years people have been asking for a lawful system of immigration to end this lawlessness, and government on both parties have refused to give it to them.
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We should create an America in which it's - we can - Americans have a better chance to progress wages and job prospects, and we can do that.
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[Donald] Trump has made this a big issue. He's leading in Ohio. He's leading, right up there in Pennsylvania, 1-point difference, and people are responding because the people's instincts are correct. This is what I believe.
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In retrospect there were failures enough to go around. There were failures before the storm and failures after the storm.
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When I present evidence, I expect the judge to hear and see all the evidence that gets presented.
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