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I refused to continue in a war that was no longer in the service of the vital national interest of our people. ... We’ve been a nation too long at war. If you're 20 years old today, you have never known an America at peace.

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I, too, believe there are natural rights that predate any written political or legal documents; we have these rights merely because we're children of God.

Promises to Keep (2008)

We’re mourning more than 4.5 million people — people of every nation from every background.

I say this as a father of a man and won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous service medal, and lost his life in Iraq.

If you notice, I have more people supporting me in the black community that have announced for me, because they know me.

I call on everyone, no matter how deeply they care about this decision, to keep all protests peaceful.

Remarks on the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade (2022)

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The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now.

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Only the dead have seen the end of war.

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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

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