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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's…
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep…
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Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is…
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement,…
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a…
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We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last…
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I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's…
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given…
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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.
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Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.
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When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble…
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot…
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I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has…
— Sherman Alexie
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I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in…
— Jimmy Carter
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I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things…
— Dick Cheney
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You're going to die soon enough anyway; even if it's a hundred years from now, that's still the blink of a cosmic…
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Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
— Dean Acheson
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In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look at the…
— Rick Santorum
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The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical.…
— Rick Santorum
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