"As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned."

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“At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say.”

“If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates.”

“I once called Carter a chicken fried McGovern and I take that back because I've come to respect McGovern.”

“Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.”

“If Lincoln had an affair with a slave woman, it would be an outrage, but when Clinton does it with one of his staff, everyone is okay with it.”

“If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.”

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— Philip K. Dick

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