“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“As a Pacific nation, our national security and economy depend on a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

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On the recordApril 16, 2013
If we did not get into this the right way, if we get into it, there could be more bloodshed.
Said by
Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Hagel cautions about the potential for increased violence if military actions are mishandled.

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