Unfortunately I think you’re seeing it from both sides, which is why I mentioned the situation with Donald Trump with respect to Mexican Americans, flying the Confederate battle flag in public places, morph(ed) into something much different. …When are we going to talk about jobs? When are we going to talk about education?

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The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bot... by Jim Webb

The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bottom

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And all of these together, as much as any campaign the Marine Corps has ever pursued, have brought an unrelenting, never-ceasing pride to all of us who have ever claimed the title of United States Marine

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Before all else, each of us must take a fundamental risk -- to be... by Jim Webb

Before all else, each of us must take a fundamental risk -- to be true to ourselves.

It's been very difficult in the Democratic Party primary process with the dominance of one candidate, not only in her candidacy, but in the structure of the Democratic Party.

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Bernie, I don’t think the revolution’s gonna come. by Jim Webb

Bernie, I don’t think the revolution’s gonna come.

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Bernie, you always fire me up. by Jim Webb

Bernie, you always fire me up.

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It’s not my party, we need to bring different people back in. by Jim Webb

It’s not my party, we need to bring different people back in.

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This kind of rhetoric from people who want to be commander in chi... by Jim Webb

This kind of rhetoric from people who want to be commander in chief is not helpful.

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The message we see across the board, that we are receiving, is that people want to see fresh leadership and different ideas and they want to see a track record.

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Secretary Clinton yesterday gave a speech on criminal justice reform — I've been talking about this for 9 years.

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We put ourselves on the line. We took the hits and we did it. We didn't wait until all of a sudden, now it's easy to talk about the issue, before we talked about it.

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[There's a] breakdown in how we tend to think in this country that we have solved the racial and ethnic differences, and we really haven't. We've created a veneer over the top on all racial and gender issues in the country.

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I’ve seen, you know, a good receptivity of people willing to listen, and we’ll just see where that ends up.

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The positions that I take aren’t because of some party platform. They’re thinking through the issues and trying to figure out what is fair and what is right.

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I’ve just been basically been saying – hey – if we’re going to have this message, let’s have it for everyone and the people who left the Democratic Party for various reasons – one of them being Ronald Reagan.

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I think it's a good time for the air to be cleared. by Jim Webb

I think it's a good time for the air to be cleared.

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I made this decision after reflecting on numerous political commentaries and listening to many knowledgeable people, I look forward to listening and talking with more people in the coming months as I decide whether or not to run.

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The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.

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I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned me that there was a 600,000-case backlog of claims. During my time in the Senate, it became 900,000.

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Throughout the world, our insistence on individual freedom and opportunity has been at the bottom of what people think when they hear the very word 'American.'

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