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“Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.”

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My idol was Sandino, and also Christ. I was brought up a Christian, but I regarded Christ as a rebel, a revolutionary.

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Legalisation doesn't make sense.

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Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies.

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If we do not cling to riches, selfishness or greed-then I believe we are getting closer to God.

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We are close to God when we are close to people. If we think of God as something in favor of the betterment of…

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Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

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Of course, the kind of support that Cuba could give us was very limited when it came to building up our army, since they…

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Rambo only exists in the movies.

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One has to bear in mind that during my childhood and adolescence, I suffered the repression of the Somoza dictatorship in every way: economically,…

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If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred…

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There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is other currency. Most countries hold reserves and the reserves are other currencies. If you are a backing up the euro with the dollar, what's backing up the dollar? I don't think it is going to go…

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That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of…

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In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no…

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