People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
CHARLES SCHUMERThis 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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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
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I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
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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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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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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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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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The highest priority you can have is education.
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Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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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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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear.
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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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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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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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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.
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