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I was a member of the Armed Services Committee for 18 years. I spent a big chunk of my life studying national security issues and our role in the world.

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John Kasich
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 13
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I mean, I don't have any more words.I've tried to do the best I can to lead by my actions in an appropriate way without recrimination or anything like that, because I'm a very happy person. I don't think I need to say any more than what I've demonstrated.
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The republican party is my vehicle, not my master.
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Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.
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I don't look at polls, I pay no attention to them. I pay attention to the public, and the sense of where the public is on certain things, but you have to lead.
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To have people believe in you and to believe that you can bring people together and strengthen our country, I have to thank the people from the great state of Ohio. I love you. Is it all right? I love you. And I want to remind you, again, tonight, that I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land.
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We're all hypocrites. We all say one thing and do another. But why don't we try to do what we say more than what we don't?
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