Becomes Quote by Pete Hoekstra

“Nobody will ever agree with everything everyone says, especially once an issue or speaker becomes politically charged. But as tolerant and civilized Americans, we should at least have the decency to hear them out.”

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Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

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Not once during Obama's tenure did the country achieve an annual 3 percent rate of economic growth.

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Belonging to the Gang of Eight carries massive responsibility in representing all 435 members of the legislature in very sensitive national security exercises.

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World leaders need to approach the problems in the Middle East and northern Africa with imaginative ideas such as those that created the E.U.

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I think cleaning house at the CIA needed to happen.

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It seems that whenever America faced a challenge, it faced it and overcame it.

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Decisions concerning covert actions are not often easily reached.

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