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The notion that a company would give up on this nation to get a tax break isn't going to sit well with the American people.

~Dick Durbin

Topics: American American People Break Company Get Give Going Nation Notion People Sit Tax Up Well Would

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Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

~Dick Gephardt

Topics: Advancing American Central Economy Every Failing Give Help Idea Making Need Proposal Purpose Revive Security Single Working

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I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.

~Dick Gephardt

Topics: American Carried Experiences Had House Life Life Experiences Most Ordinary President Same Think Time White White House Who I Think

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I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that's malnutrition, too.

~Dick Gregory

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We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: American American Citizen Athlete Citizen Class Either Entertainer First First Class Going Great Thought Were Wrong

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'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

~Dick Morris

Topics: Adopting Agenda American American Politics Animate Disarm Far Leave More Nothing Other Political Political Agenda Politics Positions Potent Say Side Than Them Which Word Yes

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Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

~Dick Morris

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Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.

~Dick Morris

Topics: About Against American Break Civil Gay Gay Marriage Marriage Polls Presented Show Split Unions Words

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As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty.

~Dick Thornburgh

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Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

~Dick Van Dyke

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