I think women have certain sensitivities that men don't have. Things dealing with violence. I think the best advocates we have for gun control are women. The best advocates we have for non-engagement in foreign wars, foreign entanglements, are women. I think women are just so improved the Senate, and this isn't something I read in a book. I watched it. I was there.

Harry Reid

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It's been obvious that [Republicans]'re doing everything they can to make [Obama] fail. And I hope, I hope - and I say this seriously - I hope that's based on substance and not the fact that he's African-American.

african-american substance facts

We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member. by Harry Reid

We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member.

senate hottest members

Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect,... by Harry Reid

Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

light racism country

Seniors love getting junk mail. It's sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling like they're part of the real world.

senior real stupid

Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick. It’s global warming. It’s ruining our country. It’s ruining our world.

oil our-world country

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

How are my ribs? They're so meaningless it's hard to believe. by Harry Reid

How are my ribs? They're so meaningless it's hard to believe.

ribs hard believe

We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who dont recognize common ground even when theyre standing on it.

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Simply put, music can heal people. by Harry Reid

Simply put, music can heal people.

This nation has been through hard times. But those hard times have hardened our resolve. Im ready to do the difficult work ahead. But I want to do that work with Barack Obama, and not a Tea Party ideologue. We can move America forward, but we can only do it together.

hard-times party moving

We can move America forward with a strong middle class. We can move America forward with a strong Democratic majority in the Senate. And together we can move America forward with Barack Obama in the White House.

together-we-can strong moving

I hopes the candidate [Donald Trump] is given fake intelligence briefings ... because you can't trust him.

briefing trump fake

The cold war was the longest war in United States history. Because of the nuclear capabilities of our enemy it was the most dangerous conflict our country ever faced. Those that won this war did so in obscurity. Those that gave their lives in the cold war have never been properly honored.

war country enemy

People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone.

nevada streets people

You know with a bully you cannot let them slap you around, because they slap you around today, they slap you five or six times tomorrow. We are not going to be bullied.

bully six today

I take the threat of terrorism very seriously, and no one is more committed to hunting down terrorists and bringing them to justice, wherever they live, than I am.

hunting terrorism justice

There is no more important task in Washington than cleaning up the culture of corruption. Yet the president - whose White House has become the cradle of Republican corruption - is not taking responsibility for the costs of that corruption.

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It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That's what Democrats believe.

government skills believe

Men, when they're out of work, tend to become abusive. by Harry Reid

Men, when they're out of work, tend to become abusive.

Enforcement alone does not work. Unless we address the gap between our immigration laws and reality, illegal immigration will not stop and the situation on the border will continue to be chaotic.

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