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I didn’t volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
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We’re not a democracy. It’s a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we’re a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy.
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A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.
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People who don’t cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.
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Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let’s love turbulence and use it for change.
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The law requires that the court allow more time.
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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.
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Our emotions may cry for vengeance in the wake of a horrible crime, but we know that killing the criminal will not undo the crime, will not prevent similar crimes by others, does not benefit the victim, destroys human life and brutalizes society. If we are to still violence, we must cherish life. Executions cheapen life.
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People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.
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Impeachment is the direct constitutional means for removing a President, Vice President or other civil officers of the United States who has acted or threatened acts that are serious offenses against the Constitution, its system of government, or the rule of law, or that are conventional crimes of such a serious nature that they would injure the Presidency if there was no removal.
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