Competing Quote by Pat Buchanan

“When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes by promising even more spending or even lower taxes, or both, the experiment is about over.”

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If U.S. air, naval, missile, and ground forces were not in and around Korea, and if we were not treaty-bound to fight alongside South…

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On the McLaughlin Report, August 26, 1990: 'There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the middle East, the…

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Candidate Trump held out his hand to Vladimir Putin. He rejected further U.S. intervention in Syria other than to smash ISIS.

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There has been sort of, if you will, a moral interventionism on the part of the United States trying to reshape countries in our…

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Our culture is superior. Our culture is superior because our religion is Christianity and that is the truth that makes men free.

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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.

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Stop exporting American jobs. Stop exporting American factories, and stop exporting American sovereignty and independence to global institutions like the World Trade Organization.

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I think that in the minds of many, the press is being seen less and less as a neutral observer in the impeachment enterprise…

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By threatening war against Iran, Iraq and North Korea in his now-famous "Axis of Evil" address, the president painted himself into a corner. Either…

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I opposed NAFTA in 1993 and '94.

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That a district judge would overrule the president of the United States on a matter of border security in wartime is absurd.

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