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“I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.”

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Former Vice President of the United States, born on January 30, 1941. He served as Vice President under President George W. Bush and was involved in many domestic and foreign policy decisions. more

“The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.”

“What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called "right to work" laws, they don't have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics. What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“What Republicans have actually put on the table is almost nothing. All of the rest is just big talk. So how is the president supposed to negotiate with people who say, 'Here's my demands. By the way, I can't give you any specifics. Just make me happy'?”

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Author:Paul Krugman

“The Mayans were right, as it turns out, when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select world: the G.O.P. universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys. [...] Instead of smallpox, plagues, drought and Conquistadors, the Republican decline will be traced to a stubborn refusal to adapt to a world where poor people and sick people and black people and brown people and female people and gay people count.”

“The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.”

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Book:Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American

Source: Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American

“Why don't these companies making big profits just pay people better than $14 an hour? It's kind of simple. When you're making record profits, why not? I don't get it.”

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Author:Mika Brzezinski

“When this president was sworn into office, he was handed a deficit of over a trillion dollars. Republicans were in control of Congress for much of the time that President George W. Bush was in office, and they didn't do a great job of controlling spending.”

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Author:Jay Carney

“Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.”

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Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt

“I hope and understand that people are getting a better recognition that food stamps is a program that really helps America, helps families in need. It's not a government handout. If anything, it's a safety net that helps people through difficult times and bridges them towards stability.”

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Author:Cory Booker

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