A Quote by John F. Kerry
In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.
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I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.
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