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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Charles Schumer

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.
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Bad Ideology Judgement Law Ourselves Warrior
Crime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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Argument Crime People
It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
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Defense Live Ourselves Protection Remember Respect Time
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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Crime Democracy Domination Past
I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
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Education Greatness Myself Public School
When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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Candidate Change Fair Government Rule Vote Yourself
No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn’t give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.
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Believe Enough Future Legal Oneself Tough
In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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Competition Death Economics Stand
There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
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Experience Important Perspective President Reason Vision
I made education the highest priority of my campaign – actually education and jobs – and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.
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Education Future Job Myself Priority Thinking
I’m not sure we will have every single Democrat, but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.
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Democracy Encouragement Home Move Myself Thinking Vote
Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
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See Thinking Trouble Truth Way World
I’d like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
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Care Health Insurance Myself Professional
I think there’s going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they’re worried about where Trump is headed.
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Active Direction Head Myself Willing Worry
Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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Hole Money Politics Soft System
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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