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This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.
People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to magnify the glory of the world.
Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been the critical decisive vote on many issues that go to the heart of who we are as a nation.
I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.
I just think, you know, when we talk about a politician, I think a person has to be themselves. Let the voters see the real you.
Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf.
We still have a long way to go before we can declare America safe, and that means doing a better job along our borders, as well.
Bashar Assad is a major cause of the refugees which are now flooding Europe and causing such consternation in the United States.
Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income.
Whether you're the wedding cake baker or the gay couple or the Baptist preacher, radical Islam would kill you all if they could.
I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse energy supply.
From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.
Anyone who doesn't agree with the Left's approach to immigration oftentimes gets stigmatized as anti-immigrant or anti-Hispanic.
Colorado's majestic landscapes are one of our most valuable assets, and it's important that we work to preserve these treasures.
The country is yearning for a change. I'd rather take my chances on somebody new, particularly with regard to the Supreme Court.
I don't think we should be discriminating against anyone. Transgender people are people and deserve the best we can do for them.
What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
If I were to look at foreign policy, I would say John McCain has been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades.
Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.
I have, year after year, been named the most bipartisan member of the whole United States Senate. I have proved my independence.
Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and take this country back.
America is at war. Our enemy is not violent extremism. It is not some unnamed malevolent force. It is radical Islamic terrorist.
If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit.
Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
I know a great country that needs to be rebuilt in terms of roads, bridges, schools. That is called the United States of America.
You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.
I think you have an enormous amount of fear and uncertainty in this country. And it`s not just from San Bernardino or from Paris.
I do believe that if millions of people do stand up and fight back, we can stop Donald Trump from doing some really awful things.
Ted Kennedy devoted his lifetime to protecting those most in need, and tens of millions of Americans have been the beneficiaries.
Ultimately, stability in Syria will come from decisions made on the ground by the Syrian people and by their immediate neighbors.
Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.
We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.
In life, you get one choice over and over again. That is to take conditions as they are or take responsibility for changing them.
Like so many large companies in the U.S., Monsanto has prospered in large part due to U.S. taxpayer-funded programs and services.
If your plan is to put a product out there that people can see and understand, then by golly, we're going to get along just fine.
As far as I'm concerned there shouldn't be a single boot on the ground. There's enough American blood in Iraq that lasts forever.
We're going to hear an earful, but it's going to be an earful of wonderment and happiness that people waited for for a long time.
Americans have powerfully sensed that we're off track. There is a structural challenge in our economy that needs to be addressed.
Iran wants the money. And I don't believe they want it for roads or hospitals or schools, I believe they want it for more terror.
(Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.
If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.
Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.
I can tell you that the Iowa way - the Iowa way is to find out that there is a problem and acknowledge it and address it head-on.
I have always stood up to protect women's access to safe and legal abortion, birth control and health care at Planned Parenthood.
For me, getting off the sidelines means women making a difference by letting their voices be heard on the issues they care about.
When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their faith.
Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.