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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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Maybe it's because I've never been in politics, but I don't believe that America is run by politicians in Washington. I believe it's run by people like us, in places like this.
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When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'.
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I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.
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I like Hemingway and I like a lot Jewish writers (such as) Saul Bellow.
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There are only two kinds of plans. Plans that might work and plans that won't work... you have to take a plan that might work and make it work.
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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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Imagine a world in which we saw beyond the lines that divide us, and celebrated our differences, instead of hiding from them. Imagine a world in which we finally recognized that, fundamentally, we are all the same. And imagine if we allowed that new understanding to build relations between people and between nations.
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What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.
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I think you have to repudiate torture and I think you have to end what's going on at Guantanamo and you have to live up to American values. Basically you restore - what the American dream brought to the world stage was respect for the individual and the idea that people aren't pawns that rulers can push around but they have rights.
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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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You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.
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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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You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.
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The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.
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It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.
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Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.
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I like Hilary Clinton. I think she's - she's a fantastic leader.
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We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.
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Veterans have had a long record of leaning towards the Republican Party. I think that's changing. I think that President Obama has the strongest record with veterans among any president in my lifetime.
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