Donald Trump: I ran [for presidency] because I knew what trouble our c...

I really like Barack Obama. I think that he's working very hard. He's trying to rebuild our reputation throughout the world. The previous administration was a total disaster, a total catastrophe. He was handed a pretty bad deck of cards. And I'm not saying I agree with everything he's doing. He's a champion. I mean, he won against all odds. When he first announced, people were giving him virtually no chance. And he's just done something that's amazing.

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There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.

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Always try to learn from other people's mistakes, not your own- it is much cheaper that way!

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Well, there's the water company. I mean, we sell water. And we have water, and it's a very successful, you know, it's a private little water company, and I supply the water for all my places, and it's good. But it's very good.

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Our country is being run by incompetent people.

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You know, it really doesn`t matter what the media write as long as you`ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.

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I think the media is among the most dishonest groups of people I`ve ever met.

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[America] needs a certain thinking.

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When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy.

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I've been dealing with politicians all my life. They are all talk, no action.

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I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do.

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To be lied about, to be slandered, to be smeared so publicly, and before your family that you love, is very painful.

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I've had bad luck with all my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't. The third gave me more children!

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Nothing is easy, but who wants nothing?

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Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

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I also know that it's not about me, it's about all of you and it's about our country, I know that, I fully understand that. That's why I got involved. It's about all of us together as a country. It's a movement the likes of which we have never in history in this country seen before, never in history. Even the pundits, even the media - that truly dislikes Donald Trump for their own reasons - will admit this is a movement the likes of which people have never seen before.

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I have never met a successful person that was a quitter. Successful people never, ever, give up!

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Is there a brick wall getting in your way? Fine. That happens. But you have a choice. You can walk away from the wall. You can go over the wall. You can go under the wall. You can go around the wall. You can also obliterate the wall. In other words, don't let anything get in your way. Get a balance, and then let the positive outdistance the negative.

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You have to have passion, go with your gut, go against the tide

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We will help the Hispanic-American people, who have been treated so badly and so unfairly in our nation, we will help them.

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I ran [for presidency] because I knew what trouble our country was in.