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"I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war."

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
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"I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."

"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."

"Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering."

"I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around."

"We are not the sum of our possessions."

"I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most."

"I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it."

"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff."

"I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it."

"But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues."

"There are things we can do to give us a little more attention... I've got to look more frantic."

"My grandkids say, "Reality Bites." O.K., but it also challenges and rewards... I believe our best days are yet to come."

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."

"I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat."

"Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower."

"We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America."

"It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it."

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