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There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system. ”

When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation. ”

It's logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party's nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn't guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party. ”

Illinois needs a real strategy for job creation that grows the economy over the long term with high-wage jobs that rebuild the middle class. ”

Most Republicans and the business community extol the virtues of trade, depicting it as an engine of economic progress, while most Democrats and unions attack the exportation of American jobs, claiming that trade agreements are destroying our economy. ”

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices. ”

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor. ”

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money. ”

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ”

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ”