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- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
Effective security measures do not come cheap.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.
- Electorate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.
- Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
- Bridge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.
- Nov 07, 2020
When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
It so happens that I'm pro choice.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
- Judiciary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.
- Elections
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in a lot of elections.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.
- Equal
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
- Nov 07, 2020
African-Americans are underrepresented.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
- Expect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing in the First Amendment that even remotely talks about spending money for political contests, and to say that an individual can spend as much of his or her own money as he or she wants constitutionally without any limitation, I think is just absurd.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.
- Nov 07, 2020
Fundraising is very, very time-consuming.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.
- Party
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- Nov 07, 2020
My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's American.
- Nov 07, 2020
Stability means respecting precedents.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I beat a brain tumor.
- Nov 07, 2020
I do not represent the Republican Party.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have been a Republican since 1966.
- Party
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people do not care which Party solves the problems confronting our nation.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no higher value in our society than integrity.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really do not make deals.
- Ordinarily
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ordinarily pretty correct in what I say.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made a career of being precise.
- Mindset
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Never give in' was my mindset.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.
- Good Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.
- Nov 07, 2020
Cannibals are devouring senators.
- Nov 07, 2020
I ran for president in 1996.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do come from a strong family.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model.
- Loyal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a loyal Democrat.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big money is ruining the political system.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
The extremists took over the primary process.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020