In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done.

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We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

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Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.

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We are Americans first, Americans last, and Americans always.

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Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common

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The political tactics of division and slander are not our values. They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country.

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Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in return.

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Keep moving if you love life, and keep your troubles well behind you.

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In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.

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I've been an imperfect servant of my country for many years. But I have been her servant first, last and always. And I've never lived a day, in good times or bad, that I didn't thank God for the privilege.

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Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

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Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

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War is awful. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify war. War is wretched beyond description and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. Whatever is won in war, it is loss the veteran remembers.

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Suppose that climate change is not real and all we do is adopt green technologies, which our economy and our technology is perfectly capable of. Then all we've done is given our kids a cleaner world.

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On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government.

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Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

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There's two ways of working in Washington, ... One is to go along and get along. The other is to stand up for what you believe in.

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Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

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I disagree with what the majority of the American people want.

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Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.

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We know for a fact the Russians tried to change the outcome of our election, attacking the very fundamental of democracy. We know they did that. We need to know how, we need to know why, and most of all we need to know what to do to prevent this kind of activity, which they continue to carry on in free nations around the world.

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