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- We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy.…
- Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
- I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.
- I'm the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
- When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable…
- Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work…
- I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in…
- My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who…
- My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real…
- Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've…
- The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The…
- Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran…
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