But all our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common..
Joe Biden
Because our military power dwarfs that of other countries - we spend more on defense than the rest of the world combined - this Administration believes that alliances and international institutions are more of a burden than a benefit. They allow the Lilliputians to tie down Gulliver.
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The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.
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You are one of the best witnesses, I think, that has come before this committee. You've convinced folks who share Senator Brownback's view that you're going to be just right for them and you've convinced folks that share Senator Kennedy's view that you're just right for them
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We are willing to vote 10 minutes after we get back in session if in fact they provide the information -- information that Mr. Bolton's staff had access to that they will not give to the majority leader of the United States Senate
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By the end of '06 we're going to have a pretty clear picture of whether or not it's succeeding or failing,.. And success will be dependent upon a government that's representative and a capacity to govern in terms of security.
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I think it gives suits and not the turbans -- the way it's referred to in the Shiite sector -- an opportunity to make their case that they have to, in fact, bring in specifically Sunnis into the Cabinet,.. Fox News Sunday.
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We have repeatedly missed the deadlines for increasing power [and] oil production,.. As temperatures approach 120 degrees in the third summer since Saddam's statue came down, Iraqis still have only about eight hours a day of electricity and almost half do not have regular access to clean water.
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One thing is clear: These weapons must be must be dislodged from Saddam, or Saddam must be dislodged from power
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If it succeeds, the political process, I predict you'll see a drawdown of American forces by this time next year.
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The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. Hubert Humphrey, as quoted by Biden, p. 134
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I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution. My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist. They were given to me and each of my fellow citizens by our creator, and they represent the essence of human dignity..
My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.
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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.
We must have public officials who will stand up and tell the people exactly what they think.. Our failure in recent years has not been the failure of the people to meet the challenges placed before them, but rather the failure of both our great political parties to place those challenges honestly and courageously before the people, and to trust the willingness of the people to do the things that really need to be done.
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