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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…
• I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
• You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
• We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep…
• Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
• The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
• Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is…
• When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement,…
• Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a…
• We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last…
• I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's…
• 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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