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• African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple.

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  Running, Simple, Views

  "Herman Cain denies GOP's horrible history with blacks" by Roland Martin, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2011.

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• The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. [...] A manly man don't want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza.

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  Crazy, Stupid, Believe

  "A Pizza Party with Herman Cain". Interview with Devin Gordon, Alan Richman and Chris Heath, www.gq.com. November 13, 2011.

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• I'm very proud to know the Koch brothers. This may be a breaking news announcement for the media: I am the Koch brothers' brother from another mother.

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  Mother, Brother, Crazy

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• They [China] have indicated that they’re trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. So yes, we have to consider them a military threat.

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  Military, Stupid, Trying

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• The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the resources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership.

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  Leadership, Country, Real

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• If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground.

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  Oil, Independence, Energy

  Herman Cain's remarks at the Republican primary debate at Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina, www.washingtonpost.com. May 6, 2011.

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• This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would vote for me, based on my own anecdotal feedback. Not vote for me because I'm black but because of my policies.

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  Believe, African American, Black

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• I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate solution, not to just say we're going to trim around the edges, not to say that we will try to simplify a little of this and a little of that. The problem is, replace the tax code, so we can establish tax fairness for everybody.

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  Thinking, Trying, Would Be

  "Herman Cain: 'Replace the Tax Code'". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. April 18, 2011.

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• I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity.

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  Philosophy, People, Challenges

  "Herman Cain Tops New Polls, Causes Stir With Campaign Ad". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2011.

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• Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America.

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  Men, America, Black

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• America has got to learn to take a joke.

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  America, Jokes

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• Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border issue. And I don't blame him.

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  Real, Issues, Borders

  "Cain: 'President Threw Israel Under the Bus'". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. May 20, 2011.

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• Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.

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  Philosophy, Opportunity, Economic

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• The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right way. And we must truly secure the border. We can't leave it porous.

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  Real, People, Borders

  "Herman Cain: Transcript of ABC/Yahoo News Exclusive Interview". Interview with Jonathan Karl, abcnews.go.com. November 8, 2011.

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• My message of common-sense solutions is resonating with people. People around the country are starting to know who I am and starting to identify me with solutions, not rhetoric.

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  Country, Who I Am, People

  "Herman Cain's surprising rise to GOP front-runner" by Sandhya Somashekhar, www.washingtonpost.com. October 6, 2011.

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• The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls.

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  Believe, Tired, Games

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• Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves.

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  Softball, Sports, Fun

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• In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Nation's seniors that are approaching retirement age, but allow for younger taxpayers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in private accounts.

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  Birthday, Senior, Retirement

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• Some people may not agree with me, that's their prerogative, but you would know clearly where Herman Cain stands on all of the issues, but more importantly where he stands on what we need to do in order to be able to get this nation moving in the direction we need to be moving.

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  Moving, Order, Usa

  "Historic!!! Republican Presidential Hopeful, Herman Cain, Currently Leading in Polls, Speaks With Chris Yandek and Jay Bildstein of CYInterview: Agrees With Getting Washington to Lead By Example, Having the President, Vice President and Congress Take a Substantial Pay Cut, Much More". Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. October 8, 2011.

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• The lesson that I'm learning is that I've got to be careful of being pigeonholed because people can take a piece of tape and edit out the first half and only pull out one snippet that could start a firestorm.

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  People, Tape, Pieces

  "Herman Cain Exclusive: Tells Brody File He Will Support Constitutional Amendments on Life and Marriage". Interview with David Brody, www1.cbn.com. October 22, 2011.

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• It is the policies of the Obama Administration that has led to a stagnated economy as well as high unemployment, as well as many of the other issues that we face.

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  Issues, Administration, Unemployment

  "Historic!!! Republican Presidential Hopeful, Herman Cain, Currently Leading in Polls, Speaks With Chris Yandek and Jay Bildstein of CYInterview: Agrees With Getting Washington to Lead By Example, Having the President, Vice President and Congress Take a Substantial Pay Cut, Much More". Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. October 8, 2011.

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• Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed.

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  People, Priorities, Leader

  "Historic!!! Republican Presidential Hopeful, Herman Cain, Currently Leading in Polls, Speaks With Chris Yandek and Jay Bildstein of CYInterview: Agrees With Getting Washington to Lead By Example, Having the President, Vice President and Congress Take a Substantial Pay Cut, Much More". Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. October 8, 2011.

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• I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.

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  African American, Black, Call Me

  "Historic!!! Republican Presidential Hopeful, Herman Cain, Currently Leading in Polls, Speaks With Chris Yandek and Jay Bildstein of CYInterview: Agrees With Getting Washington to Lead By Example, Having the President, Vice President and Congress Take a Substantial Pay Cut, Much More". Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. October 8, 2011.

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• The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.

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  Zero, Growth, Gains

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• There are generally three kinds of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who say, what in the heck happened.

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  Inspirational, People, Watches

  Herman Cain (2011). “This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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