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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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Wesley Clark
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: December 23
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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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George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between.
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I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.
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One of the principles that we operate on in this country is that leaders are held accountable. The simple truth is that we went into Iraq on the basis of some intuition, some fear, and some exaggerated rhetoric and some very, very scanty evidence.
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The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.
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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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War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.
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You have to take a plan that might work and make it work
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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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The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't work. We have to be the party that can stand toe to toe with George W. Bush on national security, as well as the party of compassion.
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I would have been a Republican, if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.
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It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.
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Serious research and development efforts are required to produce technologies, strategies, organizations, and trained personnel who can go into failed states, work with our allies and friends, and promote the political and economic reforms that will meet popular needs and reduce the sources of terrorism and conflict.
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Already the scent of victory is in the air.
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Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together.
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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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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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It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.
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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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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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