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• The American people do not like privatization. They are afraid of the debt the president's willing to do. And they don't like benefit cuts. And everyone here should understand all 45 Senate Democrats are united. We are not going to let this happen.

  Harry Reid

  Cutting, People, President

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. March 13, 2005.

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• Some said he shouldn't save Detroit. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save more than a million American jobs in an important, iconic industry.

  Harry Reid

  Jobs, Important, President

  Harry Reid's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• So people have been hurting, and I understand that, and it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me we'd be in a worldwide depression.

  Harry Reid

  Hurt, Giving, People

  "The Ed Show" with Ed Schultz, www.nbcnews.com. October 21, 2010.

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• Social Security is not in crisis. It's a crisis the president's created, period.

  Harry Reid

  President, Social, Periods

  "President Bush Vows to Catch bin Laden. Will Frist Delay Social Security Reform?". "Inside Politics" with Judy Woodruff, edition.cnn.com. March 3, 2005.

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• They say you can never step in the same river twice. New water flows in, replacing the old and continually renewing the river. The Senate is the same.

  Harry Reid

  Rivers, Water, Flow

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• As far as I'm concerned there shouldn't be a single boot on the ground. There's enough American blood in Iraq that lasts forever.

  Harry Reid

  Military, Blood, Iraq

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• This war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything.

  Harry Reid

  War, Stupid Liberal, Lost

  "‘Smell the tourists’: With Reid retirement, Capitol Hill loses master gaffe-ster" By Kara Rowland, www.foxnews.com. March 27, 2015.

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• He [Barack Obama] was light-skinned with no Negro dialect.

  Harry Reid

  Light, Dumb, Dialect

  "Code Switching: Are We All Guilty?". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 13, 2010.

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• There's a lot we can do to improve American's retirement security, but it's wrong to replace the guaranteed benefit that Americans have earned with a guaranteed benefit cut of up to 40%.

  Harry Reid

  Retirement, Cutting, Benefits

  "The New Bush Agenda: A Debate on Social Security with Paul Krugman vs. the American Enterprise Institute". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, www.democracynow.org. February 3, 2005.

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• For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and unclassified that members have been invited to.

  Harry Reid

  Nsa, Complaining, Members

  "Earlier Denials Put Intelligence Chief in Awkward Position". Statement to the Press, www.nytimes.com. June 11, 2013.

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• Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save lives, save Medicare and ensure no one goes broke just because they get sick.

  Harry Reid

  Sick, President, Tough

  Harry Reid's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Anarchists have taken over (the GOP).

  Harry Reid

  Taken, Anarchist, Gop

  Harry Reid's remarks on the Senate floor, September 12, 2013.

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• My Republican friends are lamenting reconciliation. But I would recommend for them to go back and look at history.

  Harry Reid

  Looks, Republican, Reconciliation

  "Health Care Summit Backfires Big Time on Obama and the Democrats". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 25, 2010.

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• We focused attention on what some believe are the flaws in the process leading to Senate consideration of the bill and the flaws of the bill itself.

  Harry Reid

  Believe, Attention, Bills

  "Asbestos Bill Moves Forward After Reid Lifts Objection". www.foxnews.com. February 07, 2006.

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• President Bush is a liar. He betrayed Nevada and he betrayed the country... All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the people of Nevada and indeed all Americans, but because the President's decision threatens Americans' lives.

  Harry Reid

  Country, Liars, People

  "Political rift could hurt state’s Yucca fight" by Erin Neff, lasvegassun.com. March 5, 2002.

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• We're going to hear an earful, but it's going to be an earful of wonderment and happiness that people waited for for a long time.

  Harry Reid

  Long, People, Long Time

  "Let's Celebrate Harry Reid's Birthday With A List Of The Most INSANE Stuff He's Ever Said" by Rachel Stoltzfoos, dailycaller.com. December 2, 2016.

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• Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible.

  Harry Reid

  Country, Effort, Political

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• The Iraq war can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically, and the president needs to come to that realization.

  Harry Reid

  War, Iraq, President

  "'Give 'em Hooey' Surrenders" by Austin Bay, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 25, 2007.

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• Do you know how I feel about that? I'm sure this is no big surprise... what a mistake. I should never have voted for that, but I accepted what [former Secretary of State] Colin Powell and the others said. But it took me just a matter of a few months to realize it was a bad mistake, and my record speaks for itself. I've spoken out against what was going on, not once, not twice, but lots of times. And I'm sorry that I was misled, but I was, and it was a mistake for me to vote for that war.

  Harry Reid

  Sorry, Military, War

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• After I became an attorney, the mother of two girls I'd known in high school came to see me. She'd endured years of heinous abuse from her husband that nearly destroyed her. I'd never suspected a thing.

  Harry Reid

  Girl, Mother, Husband

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• Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.

  Harry Reid

  Cutting, Dollars, Needs

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• Despite all that good news, there's plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue, but they're being told all over America.

  Harry Reid

  Horror Stories, America, News

  "Harry Reid Takes to the Senate Floor to Tell You the ‘Truth’ About All Those Obamacare ‘Horror Stories’". Harry Reid's speech on the floor of the Senate in Washington, D.C., www.theblaze.com. February 26, 2014.

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• They've lost their minds.

  Harry Reid

  Mind, Lost, Government Shutdown

  "Blame game in full swing as US shuts down". "PM" with Mark Colvin, Michael Vincent, www.abc.net.au. October 1, 2013.

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• We stopped the fighting in 1991 on an agreement that Iraq would take steps to assure the world that it would not engage in further aggression and that it would destroy its weapons of mass destruction. It has refused to take those steps. That refusal constitutes a breach of the armistice which renders it void and justifies resumption of the armed conflict.

  Harry Reid

  Fighting, Mass Destruction, Agreement

  "Where did Syria's chemical weapons come from?" by Frank Salvato, www.breitbart.com. July 14, 2012.

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• I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And I'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks and my Republican colleagues who hate to vote for them, but love to get them.

  Harry Reid

  Giving Up, Hate, Fighting

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", www.nbcnews.com. December 16th, 2010.

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