"For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, you don't build that."
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"A Tea Party tidal wave is coming."
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"I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. I have clearly stated in prior interviews that I abhor racial discrimination and would have worked to end segregation. Even though this matter was settled when I was 2, and no serious people are seeking to revisit it except to score cheap political points, I unequivocally state that I will not support any efforts to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964."
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"We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy."
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"What is immoral for an individual to do, is immoral for a government to do"
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"I think we've made the collection haystack so big, no one's ever getting through the haystack to find the needle. What we really need to do is isolate the haystack into a group of suspicious people and spend enormous resources looking at suspicious people, people who we have probable cause."
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"Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you."
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"Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting."
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"Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives."
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"Join us in the fight to defeat the Washington machine. It’s fun and easy to get started. You can make a difference and change the direction of our country! Join today."
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"I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington."
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"Why don't we see any questions from the press? Why don't we see anybody from the media saying, 'Mr. President, it's illegal, you started it, you are performing a program that is collecting all of the phone records from all Americans, it's been declared illegal from the second highest court in the land, why don't you stop?'"
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"We must protect ourselves from jihadis without losing ourselves."
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"I think a lot of things could be handled locally."
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"I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress."
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"Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is warming.' The earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you're going to say that we had four hurricanes and so it proves a theory?"
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"Some in Washington say that you have to trade your liberty for security."
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"I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid."
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"Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health."
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"Republicans who criticize the use of two languages, I think, make a great mistake."
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