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“Throughout my life, I've found that there are sometimes three possible answers to our prayers—'Yes,' 'No,' or 'Not Now.' I would like to think our prayers were answered with a 'Not Now.'
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God has been so good to us! We can never fully express our gratitude for all you have done and how you have touched and blessed our lives. I truly hope I didn't let you down. I promise to you that I gave it all I had to the last minute and left it 'all on the field.' What is more amazing is how you were willing to be 'poured out' to the point of empty in order to be with us all the way. I stand amazed by it all and overwhelmed with gratitude. We will dust off, pick ourselves up off the canvas, and answer the bell for the next round, whatever that may be. We [Janet and I] love you all, and trust that the journey has just begun!
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God has been so good to us! We can never fully express our gratitude for all you have done and how you have touched and blessed our lives. I truly hope I didn't let you down. I promise to you that I gave it all I had to the last minute and left it 'all on the field.' What is more amazing is how you were willing to be 'poured out' to the point of empty in order to be with us all the way. I stand amazed by it all and overwhelmed with gratitude. We will dust off, pick ourselves up off the canvas, and answer the bell for the next round, whatever that may be. We [Janet and I] love you all, and trust that the journey has just begun!“I certainly believe that Catholics are right about talking about poverty, disease and hunger … I think a lot of evengelicals have not talked enough about it quite frankly.
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Abraham Lincoln said, 'If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' It would be fair to say that if taking a life of an innocent human being is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.
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Abraham Lincoln said, 'If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' It would be fair to say that if taking a life of an innocent human being is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.“
[Colbert queried,"Umm, McCain, he's got 'big mo,' if you pardon the expression. How are you gonna stop him? You're a man of the Faith; he said he will hunt Osama bin Laden to the gates of Hell — will you hunt Osama bin Laden all the way into Hell?"] And beyond. I will charge Hell with a water pistol, if necessary.
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[Colbert queried,"Umm, McCain, he's got 'big mo,' if you pardon the expression. How are you gonna stop him? You're a man of the Faith; he said he will hunt Osama bin Laden to the gates of Hell — will you hunt Osama bin Laden all the way into Hell?"] And beyond. I will charge Hell with a water pistol, if necessary.
“[Colbert queried, "Are we the candidates who think that the Devil and Jesus were brothers?"] Uh, no. That's not us. But I'll send you a memo on that, and I'll underline the parts in red that we need to believe.
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[Colbert queried, "Are we the candidates who think that the Devil and Jesus were brothers?"] Uh, no. That's not us. But I'll send you a memo on that, and I'll underline the parts in red that we need to believe.
“[Colbert queried, "How 'bout outsourcing jobs?"] As long as it isn't mine.
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[Colbert queried, "How 'bout outsourcing jobs?"] As long as it isn't mine.
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... REFLECT, REST, RENEW, and RE-BOOT!
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... REFLECT, REST, RENEW, and RE-BOOT!“Marriage has historically only meant one thing—it means one man, one woman, relationship for life. It does not mean whatever we want it to mean. And it is our duty to protect it, preserve it, and to pass it on.
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Marriage has historically only meant one thing—it means one man, one woman, relationship for life. It does not mean whatever we want it to mean. And it is our duty to protect it, preserve it, and to pass it on.“It’s not like we can come in and blanket the state with hundreds of thousands of dollars and this incredible blitz of paid personnel. We have to have people who just want to go out there as unpaid foot soldiers and get people out to the polls.
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[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards.
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[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards.“The fact that they are not aware of, maybe, the experience that I do have traveling to 41 countries, visiting with several prime ministers, having many trade missions and dealing with policy they may not be aware of, it doesn't mean it did not happen, it may just mean they may not be aware of it.
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“Just put a big ol' windmill right in front of Congress and let them speak everyday, we'd have enough power to generate pretty much this plant and a bunch of others.
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“I think the radical view is to say that we're going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal.
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I think the radical view is to say that we're going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal.“Our founding fathers had a brilliant, really revolutionary idea that the people elected would not represent the elite, but would represent the ordinary.
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Apparently my candidacy comes as somewhat of a threat to a lot of the Republicans in the Republican establishment—some of the folks who have run the party in the Washington circles. And that's ok for me because, for a long time, they've maybe not understood that the heart and the soul of the Republican Party is only as strong as the heart and the soul of the rest of America. This isn't just about Republicans. This is about the future of this country.
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“I love being in the GOP, but I love my country even more.
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“... to somehow believe that the taking of an innocent, unborn human life is about privacy and not about that unborn life is ludicrous.
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If we are so politically correct in this country that a person can't say enough of the nonsense with the political attack ads, could we pause for a few days and say Merry Christmas to each other, then we're really, really in trouble as a country.
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Music and the arts are not extraneous, extra-curricular, or expendable—I believe they are essential. I want to provide every child these ‘Weapons of Mass Instruction.’
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“I often say that for my family, summer was never a verb. We summered in hay fields and chicken yards and all kinds of stuff.
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I liked gravy poured on top of a big glob of mashed potatoes, I liked biscuits a lot, and a lot of them. I liked going to the state fair and having a fried Twinkie. They were my choices. They were bad choices.
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“How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.
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“There is a crisis in America. That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car.
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“Great things are rarely easy things. They are most often risky things, with just as great a chance for failure as for success.
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[Steve Nielson queried, "Is there a candidate amongst you willing to take a pledge on behalf of the Mars Society of sending an American to the surface of Mars by 2020? If not, what is your vision for human space exploration?"] Now, whether we need to send somebody to Mars, I don't know. But I'll tell you what: If we do, I've got a few suggestions, and maybe Hillary could be on the first rocket to Mars.
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We have got a lot of people dumpster-diving right now in the political process, and they're going through every old wastebasket they can find to dig up anything I have ever said.
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“I'm going to be a lot more careful about everything I say, because I find that it gets amplified to a new level.
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The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.
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And as the only person here on the stage with a theology degree, there are parts of it I don't fully comprehend and understand, because the Bible is a revelation of an infinite god, and no finite person is ever going to fully understand it. If they do, their god is too small.
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We need to stop fighting among ourselves—and put the interests of the people above our own. We need to be the united people of the United States. The job of the President is to somehow remind us that we are a great, resilient nation that has to work together to solve all of these problems.
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[Anderson Cooper queried, "What would Jesus do? Would Jesus support the death penalty?”] Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office, Anderson. That's what Jesus would do.
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My first priority is to bring our country together again. We are a polarized country, which has led to having a paralyzed government ... We are fighting each other—but who is fighting for this country?
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[The] reason that this issue should be important is that we don’t own this earth, we are stewards. We’ve done no harm if we take better care of this planet so it is in better shape for future generations when we give it back.
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A country is not free if it can't produce three things for itself—its own food, its own fuel, and its own fighting apparatus. If we can’t do those three things, our national security is very much at risk.
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Apparently my candidacy comes as somewhat of a threat to a lot of the Republicans in the Republican establishment—some of the folks who have run the party in the Washington circles. And that's ok for me because, for a long time, they've maybe not understood that the heart and the soul of the Republican Party is only as strong as the heart and the soul of the rest of America. This isn't just about Republicans. This is about the future of this country.“I love being in the GOP, but I love my country even more.
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“... to somehow believe that the taking of an innocent, unborn human life is about privacy and not about that unborn life is ludicrous.
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... to somehow believe that the taking of an innocent, unborn human life is about privacy and not about that unborn life is ludicrous.“If we are so politically correct in this country that a person can't say enough of the nonsense with the political attack ads, could we pause for a few days and say Merry Christmas to each other, then we're really, really in trouble as a country.
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If we are so politically correct in this country that a person can't say enough of the nonsense with the political attack ads, could we pause for a few days and say Merry Christmas to each other, then we're really, really in trouble as a country.
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Music and the arts are not extraneous, extra-curricular, or expendable—I believe they are essential. I want to provide every child these ‘Weapons of Mass Instruction.’
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Music and the arts are not extraneous, extra-curricular, or expendable—I believe they are essential. I want to provide every child these ‘Weapons of Mass Instruction.’“I often say that for my family, summer was never a verb. We summered in hay fields and chicken yards and all kinds of stuff.
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“I liked gravy poured on top of a big glob of mashed potatoes, I liked biscuits a lot, and a lot of them. I liked going to the state fair and having a fried Twinkie. They were my choices. They were bad choices.
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I liked gravy poured on top of a big glob of mashed potatoes, I liked biscuits a lot, and a lot of them. I liked going to the state fair and having a fried Twinkie. They were my choices. They were bad choices.“How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.
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“There is a crisis in America. That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car.
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There is a crisis in America. That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car.“Great things are rarely easy things. They are most often risky things, with just as great a chance for failure as for success.
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“[Steve Nielson queried, "Is there a candidate amongst you willing to take a pledge on behalf of the Mars Society of sending an American to the surface of Mars by 2020? If not, what is your vision for human space exploration?"] Now, whether we need to send somebody to Mars, I don't know. But I'll tell you what: If we do, I've got a few suggestions, and maybe Hillary could be on the first rocket to Mars.
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[Steve Nielson queried, "Is there a candidate amongst you willing to take a pledge on behalf of the Mars Society of sending an American to the surface of Mars by 2020? If not, what is your vision for human space exploration?"] Now, whether we need to send somebody to Mars, I don't know. But I'll tell you what: If we do, I've got a few suggestions, and maybe Hillary could be on the first rocket to Mars.“We have got a lot of people dumpster-diving right now in the political process, and they're going through every old wastebasket they can find to dig up anything I have ever said.
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We have got a lot of people dumpster-diving right now in the political process, and they're going through every old wastebasket they can find to dig up anything I have ever said.“I'm going to be a lot more careful about everything I say, because I find that it gets amplified to a new level.
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The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.
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The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.“
And as the only person here on the stage with a theology degree, there are parts of it I don't fully comprehend and understand, because the Bible is a revelation of an infinite god, and no finite person is ever going to fully understand it. If they do, their god is too small.
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We need to stop fighting among ourselves—and put the interests of the people above our own. We need to be the united people of the United States. The job of the President is to somehow remind us that we are a great, resilient nation that has to work together to solve all of these problems.
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“[Anderson Cooper queried, "What would Jesus do? Would Jesus support the death penalty?”] Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office, Anderson. That's what Jesus would do.
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[Anderson Cooper queried, "What would Jesus do? Would Jesus support the death penalty?”] Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office, Anderson. That's what Jesus would do.“
My first priority is to bring our country together again. We are a polarized country, which has led to having a paralyzed government ... We are fighting each other—but who is fighting for this country?
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[The] reason that this issue should be important is that we don’t own this earth, we are stewards. We’ve done no harm if we take better care of this planet so it is in better shape for future generations when we give it back.
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A country is not free if it can't produce three things for itself—its own food, its own fuel, and its own fighting apparatus. If we can’t do those three things, our national security is very much at risk.
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