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Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

— Bill Clinton

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I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.

The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.

We want to live forever, and we're getting there.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

Today we faced an unprecedented assault on our Capitol, our Constitution, and our country.

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