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I acknowledge these are very tough jobs a judge has in determining whether or not there is an openness that is required under the Constitution.

Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.

I've been calling for more troops for over two years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy,

I didn't deserve to be president just based on the Richter scale of 'Was I tough enough and did I understand the process?'

Don't listen to the cynics. They were wrong about my generation and they were wrong about yours.

You never make fun of anybody with a club foot or a withered arm, but it's open season on anybody who stutters.

In my heart, I'm confident I could make a good president.

America doesn't have health insurance.

It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.

What I was saying is that Israel cannot count on the United States.

Nothing we're going to do is going to fundamentally alter or eliminate the possibility of another mass shooting ...

I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.

Would Colonel [Bernie] Sanders honeymoon in the Soviet Union?

I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn't mean I won't run.

If you're in a confined aircraft; when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.

I'd rather be at home making love to my wife while my children are asleep.

To start to look more focused on the good that's been done and can be done.

We have a Bill of Rights, we have trial by jury. We have a notion that you are - you're innocent until you're proven guilty. We have all these things.

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

I have 'Parents' magazine in my home.

This is a big f ... ing deal!

You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan.

Everyone working 40 hrs a week should have a shot at a decent life.

Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

I was first in my family to go to college.

Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.

People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

Hilary Clinton might have been a better pick than me.

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.

One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.

I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.

It's a problem that we [USA] think the Iranians are backing Hezbollah; the Iranians are backing terrorist activity in many parts of that region.

There used to be an old bad joke. I hope it's not so much a good joke anymore. 'Everybody's from Scranton; no one's in Scranton.'

You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.

Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.

Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'.

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

I wish I had been more mature. I wish I had handled the immediate aftermath of the accident involving my family better.

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

There's no political point worth my son's life.

The number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S.

People are suspect because they believe your ideology blinds you to equal application of the law, and the facts,

Israel has no better friend than Joe Biden

You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

War should always be the absolute last resort.

There's only one person in this race who will be there, who's always been there for you, and that's Hillary Clinton's life story.

There arent any jobs left in America except for the good kind ... Blow Jobs.

I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off.

During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.

I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'

An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively.

The more people learn about them (Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

We see ... a future where no one-no one-is forced to live in the shadows of intolerance.

You know we're going to control the insurance companies.

We need to aggressively take on radical Islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our American values.

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.

It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.

Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

No nation should stoke instability in its neighbor's country.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it.

I always wonder when it was that I was embraced.

Some of my best friends are Jewish contributors to the Democratic Party.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

This Republican Kevin McCarthy makes Hillary [Clinton] the victim.

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

Now that I'm not running, I can appear on Fox. Let the cabinet members do the low-ratings shows on MSNBC.

I have a really close relationship with Mike Bloomberg.

There's only three things he mentions in a sentence
a noun, a verb, and 9/11.

I must express protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth.

I would be surprised if Donald Trump got elected.

Thus, in setting an American agenda for a New World Order, we must begin with a profound alteration in traditional thought.

I never had an interest in being a mayor 'cause that's a real job. You have to produce. That's why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.

It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

It's easy being vice president - you don't have to do anything.

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

I agree with Donna Brazile who said about Benghazi: "We got to preven dis from hapinin agen. "

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

How I Learned to Love the New World Order

They're just beginning to change - Drug companies.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

President Clinton bankrupted Chrysler so that Italians could buy it to ship jobs overseas to China.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.