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American - Politician Born: July 8, 1926

War is failure of diplomacy.

War Failure Diplomacy

If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats.

You Colleagues Gun Gun Control

This is the worst administration since Caligula.

Worst Administration Since

Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.

Library Wild Living Like

Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on.

People Vote Everything Question

I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone.

Alone Support I Can Go

I have enormous respect for Tom Daschle. The NRA has not yet taken a formal position on which I'm aware of on this matter, and I think Tom may be just getting a little ahead of things.

Respect Think Matter Ahead

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

Together Serve Since Presidents

I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies.

War Mistake Great Support

I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.

Think Will Security See

I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party.

Best Look Job Party

I'm Polish, I carry no grudges.

Grudges Carry Polish

I'm very close to suggesting that Mr. Pitt has now served as long as he can usefully do so. He seems to take his foot out of his mouth only for purposes of changing feet.

Long Feet Mouth Only

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.

War Peace Trust Think

If we're going to change the laws, let's change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens.

Change Time Rights Going

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.

Work Money Gun Problem

Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman.

Good Go Head Just

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.

Win Think House Will

The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity.

Become Now Congress Divided

The Democratic Party is a house of many mansions. It is a body which is extremely important in representing all kinds of people in all parts of the country who have very broad and very different views.

People Country Body Important

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

People Look Moving Party

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.

Mistake Leaving Over Made

This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.

Leadership Gun Problems Way

To go to war, you must always think of, can you win?

War You Win Think

Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one.

Great Nobody Country Big

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