"I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time."
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"It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam."
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"I hope for an America where we can all contend freely and vigorously, but where we will treasure and guard those standards of civility which alone make this nation safe for both democracy and diversity."
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"Through periodic increases over the next three decades under Democratic and Republican administrations alike, the nation achieved one of the fundamental goals of a just society, which is that no one who works for a living should have to live in poverty."
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"As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation."
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"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
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"Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to make universal health insurance a national priority, so that the basic right to health care can finally become a reality for every American."
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"The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree."
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"What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us."
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"Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins."
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"People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or do. In such cases, like abortion or prayer or prohibition or sexual identity, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the free conscience of each person, not the coercive rule of secular law."
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"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?"
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"For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."
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"Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who felt the anguish of the poor. He was an orator of excellence who spoke for the voiceless. He was a son of Harvard who reached out to the sons and daughters of Appalachia. He was a man of special grace who had a special care for the retarded and handicapped. He was a hero of war who fought hardest for peace. He said and proved in word and deed that one man can make a difference."
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"Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and diversity of our communities and our nation. Our economy depends on these hard-working, taxpaying workers. They have assisted America in its economic boom."
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"It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act."
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"We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge."
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"I hope for an America where no president, no public official, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American because of religious doubt - or religious belief."
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"The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency."
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"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
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