I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of in... by Tim Kaine

I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator.

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If faith is your motivation, share that. by Tim Kaine

If faith is your motivation, share that.

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If you want to have a society where people are respected and respect laws, you can't have somebody at the top who demeans every group that he talks about.

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I have lived according to rules that I embrace, but I don't feel like my job is to force others to embrace the rules that I embrace for myself.

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Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

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Criminal justice is about respecting the law and being respected by the law so there is a fundamental respect issue here.

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I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalt... by Tim Kaine

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

abortion sacred thinking

I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.

abortion decision thinking

I think it actually strengthens your critique when you aren't jus... by Tim Kaine

I think it actually strengthens your critique when you aren't just "no" on everything.

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Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to you about brain development.

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Gay individuals should be able to adopt. by Tim Kaine

Gay individuals should be able to adopt.

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Matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves.

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I think you should live your moral values, but the last thing, the very last thing, the government should do is have laws that would punish women who make reproductive choices.

government law thinking

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - th... by Tim Kaine

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

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If you want to know about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that has animated them throughout their life, whether they were in office or out, whether they were winning elections or losing them.

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Donald Trump doesn't have a plan. He said, I have a secret plan, and then he said, um, I know more than all the generals about ISIS. And then he said, I'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan. And finally he said, I'm going to fire all the generals. He doesn't have a plan. But he does have dangerous ideas.

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[Hillary Clinton] worked a tough negotiation with nations around the world to eliminate the Iranian nuclear weapons program without firing a shot.

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The great presidents are people who watch out for others. by Tim Kaine

The great presidents are people who watch out for others.

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We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early childhood education show this is going to pay for itself.

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I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

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The lessons of history show - and I'm not talking about any particular history, all history - when you see minor abuses start to build up in the intolerance space and do nothing about them, then they lead to bigger and bigger abuses.

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