02/03/2009
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"Let's summon the courage and vision to choose freedom, to choose prosperity, and to determine our destiny."
"The difference between knowing what's right and doing what's right is courage, and the president, I'm sorry to say, lost his."
"I hesitate to say this, but, Dr. Rivlin I think I agreed with everything you said in your opening statement."
"The sequester will take effect, and we will see abrupt and indiscriminate cuts in government spending, unless we act."