I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
CHARLES SCHUMERWhen 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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America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.
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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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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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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
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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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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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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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In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
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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 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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We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
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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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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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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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