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• Republicans can't run their normal playbook on me that they try to run on Democratic candidates. They can't say I flip-flop because I don't. They can't say I'm weak on defense because I'm not. They can't say I'm weak on values because I'm not. They can't say I'm a big taxer and a big spender.

  Joe Lieberman

  Running, Trying, Flip

  Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire, www.foxnews.com. January 22, 2004.

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• The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, bio-technology industries that will create the millions of new jobs.

  Joe Lieberman

  Jobs, Technology, Government

  Joe Lieberman at Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Private University in New York City, New York, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2003.

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• The anti-tax-cut, soft-on-defense, big-spending Democrats will take the Democratic Party to the edge and maybe over.

  Joe Lieberman

  Party, Cutting, Defense

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• Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something.

  Joe Lieberman

  Eye, Today, Global Warming

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• Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country.

  Joe Lieberman

  Country, Men, Thinking

  2008 Republican National Convention Speech, Delivered 2 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

  Joe Lieberman

  Country, Anger, People

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• We cannot fulfill that purpose [environmentalism] if we are heaping contempt on God's creation.

  Joe Lieberman

  Scary, God's Creation, Purpose

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• I mean, accidents happen. You learn from them and you try to make sure they don't happen again.

  Joe Lieberman

  Mean, Trying, Accidents Happen

  "Lieberman on Gulf Spill: “Accidents Happen” by Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. May 5, 2010.

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• I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation.

  Joe Lieberman

  Deployment, Support, Defense

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• Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

  Joe Lieberman

  Protect And Serve, Safety, Community

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• 'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow up and do just about anything.' My dad, no doubt, was thinking doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientist or businessman. I was thinking second baseman, New York Yankees.

  Joe Lieberman

  Baseball, Country, Teacher

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• Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely.

  Joe Lieberman

  Strong, Mean, Community

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• I support such a review, ... But the reality is that we don't need the results of a strategic study to know that there are some pressing problems in our military that demand our attention and our assistance now.

  Joe Lieberman

  Military, Reality, Support

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• I believe the president wants this bill, and I know he's taken some steps to bring it about, ... The reality is that with a majority of the members of the House ready to vote for this bill, the speaker refused to call a roll call.

  Joe Lieberman

  Believe, Taken, Reality

  "No compromise yet on intelligence bill", www.cnn.com. November 29, 2004.

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• The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.

  Joe Lieberman

  Nuclear, Weapons, Rogues

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• If you voluntarily label a product as being unsuitable for kids and then turn around and market it directly to kids in contradiction of your ratings system, then you should be held accountable just like any other company in America that misleads consumers. That's not censorship. That's common sense.

  Joe Lieberman

  Kids, America, Common Sense

  "Bill seeks to end marketing adult music to children" by Dana Bash, www.cnn.com. April 26, 2001.

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• There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda.

  Joe Lieberman

  Government, Hussein, Als

  "Twisting the Al-Qaida Connection" by Mithridate Ombud, www.newsbusters.org. November 28, 2005.

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• Wes Clark put forward a middle-class tax plan, but it only helps a quarter of middle-class families, none without minor children at home. And mine helps 98 percent of the middle class.

  Joe Lieberman

  Children, Home, Class

  "Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2004.

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• We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.

  Joe Lieberman

  Strong Women, Military, Technology

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• Whether or not Saddam is implicated directly in the anthrax attacks or the horrors of September 11, he is, by any common definition, a terrorist who must be removed.

  Joe Lieberman

  September 11, Definitions, Common

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• It (Lewinskygate) has...compromised his moral authority

  Joe Lieberman

  Stupid, Humorous, Moral

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• I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action.

  Joe Lieberman

  Support, Action, Affirmative Action

  "Gore jets to Los Angeles to join rallying Democrats" by Ian Christopher McCaleb, www.cnn.com.

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• Shame on us if 100 years from now our grandchildren are living on a planet that has been irreparably damaged by Global Warming, and they ask, 'How could those who came before us, who saw this coming, have let this happen?'

  Joe Lieberman

  Grandchildren, Years, Saws

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• Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom.

  Joe Lieberman

  Military, War, Party

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• If they prescribe pain killers that may increase the possibility of death so long as their specific intention was not to end life." "Doctors should do everything they can to reduce pain, but not to administer drugs to end life, I think we go over a line then.

  Joe Lieberman

  Pain, Thinking, Doctors

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