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		Mexico has perhaps, in some ways, a good practice, in which it has officials devoted precisely to hold those children, to retain those children that are crossing through our territory, who are coming from Central America.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Enrique Pena Nieto
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Madeleine Albright
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James A. Leach
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		America's middle class is getting hammered, and Washington is rigged to work for the big guy.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elizabeth Warren
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ian Mckellen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I lived in America. I love America.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Margarita Simonyan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dak Prescott
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The United States of America is the richest country in the world; yet we're the worst at taking care of poor people.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Unita Zelma Blackwell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				J. Michael Straczynski
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Most immigration opponents are loath to admit it, at least publicly, but they are worried that the huge influx of Hispanics will somehow change America for the worse. But those fears are unfounded. Some may talk about the browning of America, but immigrants are a net positive.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Linda Chavez
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's something about China and its rush to capitalism that I find confusing. At the same time, we live in an America where capitalists oppose any government interference with free markets, while in China you have a very controlled, state-planned market where economic growth is better than ours.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Henry Hwang
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I actually once sat at the back of a payroll class in America - just me and 40 women! And I'm sitting back there, learning payroll, because I want to understand it. So that when I talk to people about payroll I know what they're talking about. And I set up and managed and ran a full payroll system myself.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Perry
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Carlisle Floyd
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Harry Browne
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The Beatles in 1963 came to America and became international celebrities, but Bobby Fischer was one of the first, as Elvis was, more in terms of the message created around him.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Edward Zwick
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Plouffe
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Gary Miller
			
			
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		O.K., if the desire to knock America off its pedestal, to redistribute American income to other countries, to shrink America's footprint in the world, makes you anti-American, then Obama is in fact anti-American.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dinesh D'Souza