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The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most.

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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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Failure Fundamental Reason Work
In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.
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Act Blame Myself Patriot People Reading Vote
My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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Country Dream Myself Search
If you’re white and you’re rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you in all likelihood serve no time. But if you’re poor, black, Hispanic, or poor and white for that matter, you can get put in jail.
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Goodness Identity Poor Prison Rich Time White
Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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Liberty Power Privacy Suffering
I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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Dignity Myself Need Thinking
The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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Democracy Equality Freedom Limitation Market Opportunity Promise
Let’s means-test benefits – let’s means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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Benefit Pay Rich Security Social
If you think you have the right to health care, you are saying basically that I am your slave. I provide health care… My staff and technicians provide it… If you have a right to health care, then you have a right to their labor.
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Care Health Slave Thinking Work Yourself
If I have a weakness, it’s that I try to live by the rules. I try to live by the rules, no matter what they are, and I was brought up that way as a kid. Play by the rules.
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Children Live Myself Play Rule Weakness
I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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Business Citizenship Law Phone
You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they’re tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
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Democracy Government Money Ourselves Small Tax
The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.
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Country Government History Oppression
The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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Empty Government Party Value
We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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Business Money Oneself Safety
How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
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Give Up Liberty Politics Safety Security

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The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most.

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