Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
As painful as it is to have arbitrary rules, sometimes those arbitrary rules really serve an important function.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren defends the necessity of certain rules in military personnel management.

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