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It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

Wesley Clark

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Wesley Clark
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: December 23
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Wesley Kanne Clark
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Nothing is going to hurt this country - not bioweapons, not a nuclear weapon, not a terrorist strike - there is nothing that can hurt us if we stay united and move together and have a vision for moving to the future the right way.
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Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states.
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Well we always need brave, capable young men and women who can run a tactical operation and take risks on the battlefield but you should know when we need you to go in there, that if there's any other way to do it, that we could do this without risking your life, we wouldn't ask you to risk your life.
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This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.
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As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country.
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The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.
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War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.
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I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.
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I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them.
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I want to make one thing clear: I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-affirmative action, I'm pro- environment, pro-health care, and pro-labor. And if that ain't a Democrat, then I must be at the wrong meeting.
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You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.
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President George Bush had the courage and the vision and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship.
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The safety of our country demands an end to the doctrinaire, ineffective policies that currently grip Washington. Enough is enough! A safe America - a just America - that's what we want, that's what we need.
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I would have been a Republican, if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.
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Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law - not the rule of force - governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again.
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The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this: American military power, especially when buttressed by Britain's, is virtually unchallengeable today. Take us on? Don't try! And that's not hubris, it's just plain fact.
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I don't think it's patriotic to put on a flight suit and prance around on the deck of an aircraft carrier looking for a photo op. We have a president of the United States who did not do his duty to take care of America. If you're patriotic, you do your duty.
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