"We must prepare for everything."

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Source : "Meet the Press" with Chris Jansing, www.nbcnews.com. August 24, 2014.

Chuck Hagel

“she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice.”
“I'm gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I'm feeling that day.”
“But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.”
“It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.”
“To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name; But he who loves his kind does, first and late, A work too late for fame.”
“There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.”
“One of the most common mistakes people make in any conversation is to think about what they want to say next instead of actually listening to what the other person is saying.”
“It's all really very simple. You don't have to choose between being kind to yourself and others. It's one and the same.”

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