Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
CHARLES SCHUMERRepublicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
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We’re here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true.
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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
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This is government’s primary function – to keep us safe – and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?
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But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don’t because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
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I’m strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.
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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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I don’t think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It’s a waste of resources.
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Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.
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Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
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When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.
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Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
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An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her college debt and the single mom in Buffalo who’s on minimum wage.
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When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.
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I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.
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