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It's tough campaigning, kissing hands and shaking babies.

Pat Paulsen

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Pat Paulsen
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: July 6
Died: 1997
Died: April 24
Actor
Comedian
South Bend
Washington
Patrick Layton Paulsen
Babies
Kissing
Tough
Baby
Hands
Campaigning
Shaking

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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose?
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Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.
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Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.
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Having a comic in the White House will assure stability in foreign relations. The world will continue to respond to foreign initiatives by saying, 'You must be joking.'
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They said I ignored the drug problem. Well, I gave speeches on drugs, I wrote books on drugs. I did darn near everything on drugs!
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself...and of course the boogieman.
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Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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