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“Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.”
“America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the next Microsoft or Google, design laws to back the innovator in the garage.”
“I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?”
“Debates require a lot of hard work and preparation. If you try to wing it, it shows.”
“CEOs make hard decisions; sometimes, the least worst is the right one.”
“Who the hell ever dreamed up a tie? It's just such a weird idea, and yet it has been literally hanging around forever as the one constant and boring men's fashion staple.”
“Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.”
“Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.”
“You know, Republicans should have a consistent philosophy. And if your philosophy is about limited government and not intruding in people's lives, you shouldn't just inconveniently take a social issue like gay marriage and say, 'Well, unless we think - actually we should be intruding your life.'”
“As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed.”
“Advocacy groups and voters are not wrong to push candidates to declare their position clearly on policy issues. That is good citizenship. Hard questions should be asked of every candidate, every politician. And those public servants should be prepared to answer, but in their own words.”
“I think the press are good people; I think they're educated people.”
“Republicans working in leadership and the trenches are largely old, white, male, out-of-touch, out of ideas, technology averse, and living in the past.”
“Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.”
“Democrats love to criticize Republicans on guns, but they are generally mute when it comes to taking on Hollywood or the gaming industry.”
“I took a lot of heat from Republicans when I stepped out of John McCain's campaign after the 2008 primaries. I still supported McCain, and voted for him, but I just didn't want to be the tip of the spear attacking Obama.”
“I met Barack Obama, I read his book, I like him a great deal. I disagree with him on very fundamental issues.”
“It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.”
“Party switching has all the emotional edges and baggage of divorce.”
“When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them.”