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• The establishment of the Republican Party, which I've been watching all my life. They always seem to win. I mean, there was the exception, of course, with Goldwater back in '64, which turned out to be a catastrophe. But it always seems that the Mitt Romneys and the East Coast types always end up winning the fights.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Mean, Fighting

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• A couple of Donald Trump people, including his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, and of course, Dr. Ben Carson, have both come out in the last days, hours, practically, and said they believe President [Barack] Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States.

  Chris Matthews

  Running, Couple, Believe

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Ben Carson's not really a factor anymore. I hate to say that of anybody, but he isn't a factor anymore.

  Chris Matthews

  Hate, Ben Carson, I Hate

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Anybody can say anything they want. Hillary Clinton can control her own campaign.

  Chris Matthews

  Say Anything, Campaigns, Want

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The Kennedys formed a Kennedy party.

  Chris Matthews

  Party

  "Searching for the human JFK". Interview with Thomas Fitzgerald, www.philly.com. November 1, 2011.

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• There is absolutely no record ever of Hillary Clinton or anyone in her campaign ever saying that President [Barack] Obama is not legitimate.

  Chris Matthews

  President, Campaigns, Records

  "Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews". www.washingtonpost.com. September 8, 2016.

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• The fact that younger people are more inclined to socialism may well come with the fact that so many young people's first experience with capitalism is as a debtor.

  Chris Matthews

  People, Debtors, May

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• While I have questions about the language used in describing the two economic systems, I think people have fairly good gut sense of the difference between socialism and capitalism.

  Chris Matthews

  Thinking, Two, Differences

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I never wrote off [Donald] Trump.

  Chris Matthews

  Trump

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• I see some parallels [with Barack Obama] but I don't see the leadership that this guy [John F.Kennedy] had of other men and women. It's more than being the smartest guy in room.

  Chris Matthews

  Men, Guy, Rooms

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• I wanted to know how Jackie felt about [John F. Kennedy], and I got to know Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. Bunny and her were buddies. I asked, "How do you know what Jackie knew?" And Bunny said, "She told me."... Jackie called him "Magic." Bunny said she just picked her man. That was it. This was the guy she loved.

  Chris Matthews

  Men, Guy, Magic

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• I always thought of him [Jack Kennedy] as a prince, with a charmed life. He was a guy who was sick and in horrendous pain all the time - who would say, "I wish I had a few good days."

  Chris Matthews

  Pain, Good Day, Sick

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• [ John F.Kennedy's friend] Chuck Spalding at the wedding said Jack was two guys: the groom and somebody else observing from a distance. ... It must have been maddening to be married to a guy like that, but you could at the same time argue that characteristic kept the world from being blown up.

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  Distance, Two, Guy

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• Bernie Sanders even reminded me of the way I felt at parties over the years. You go to a party, you don't know anybody, you sort of wander around. You hold a drink in your hand, you don't know what to do. This poor guy Bernie, he was at a loss with this group of people he didn't know.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Loss, Hands

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Hillary Clinton did better among working-class whites when she's running against Barack Hussein Obama. How is she doing now against an older, a professor type, who seems very unthreatening, very likable.

  Chris Matthews

  Running, Class, Hussein

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• [Hillary] Clinton was able to assemble a winning Democratic coalition out here, beating Sanders among African-Americans, women, among women, and voters from union households, so, unions, women, African-Americans.

  Chris Matthews

  Winning, African American, Unions

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.

  Chris Matthews

  Spiritual, Voice, Leader

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pope John Paul II was fascinated by the United States. And I think he was initially surprised at the vigor of the Catholic Church in the United States. Maybe some of the press that we had gotten he found wasn't true. No, I think he suspected the church in the United States. Did he challenge us to some things? Sure, he did. But, no, I always - I think there was a good alliance. There was a good gel there.

  Chris Matthews

  Thinking, Challenges, Catholic

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• People in a state like Pennsylvania, especially in the middle of the state, as you say, want the focus on repairing the state. Pennsylvania is a mess in terms of infrastructure. They don`t want to blow up bridges over there. They want to build them here.

  Chris Matthews

  Blow, Bridges, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I do still think there is a big disconnect between Republicans in Washington, D.C., and Republicans everywhere I go. When you start talking about, you know, foreign entanglements, they just don`t want any part of it.

  Chris Matthews

  Thinking, Talking, Want

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The old rule in Massachusetts politics is shape of the field determines the winner. If you have got a whole bunch of hawks, all the way from [Mike] Huckabee all the way across to [Chris]Christie, that covers the spectrum on every other issue, all hawks, all hawks, and one guy out there saying, not me, Jimmy Carter won that way back in `76. I know it`s 1,000 years ago.

  Chris Matthews

  Years, Issues, Guy

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I`m closer to anybody who believes that we should lead not from behind, but from the front. Rand Paul is one step behind, leading from behind. So, yes, even [Barack] Obama is more aggressive. Obama believes you can kill Anwar al-Awlaki without getting a court order.

  Chris Matthews

  Believe, Order, Als

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• [Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention.

  Chris Matthews

  War, Believe, Law

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Being a little older is not going to win election. Being a little younger might, especially if the older candidates, Hillary Clinton included, can`t make the case that they have learned something that the younger crowd doesn`t know.

  Chris Matthews

  Winning, Crowds, Littles

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• When I hear Rand Paul, who is much younger, saying wars are verkakte, I agree with him.

  Chris Matthews

  War, Agree

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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