Local party leaders did not. As one said: "I do not want him raising hell in my state any longer."

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And he said they wanted a change. He said: "Party unity is not a sufficient excuse for silence."

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She said members of the Democratic Party believe that the people are the basis of all governmental power.

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Many years later, Mr. Fulton said this dinner party was the beginning of an 18 month adventure.

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They said they could not build a strong party organization without promising government jobs to voters.

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"Such movements as this for protection,"said Blaine, "will move the Republican Party only into speedy defeat."

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He said his brother belonged to no party, that often he did not even vote.

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Instead,they said, vote for the Republican Party, the party that had saved the Union.

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Another man at the party said such a trip would be a great idea.

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President Pierce said the actions of the Free State Party seemed revolutionary.

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He warned against violence. He said if party members attacked any officials or property of the territory or the federal government, party leaders should be charged with treason.

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He said: "A man who has once been the candidate of his party -- and defeated -- owes it to his party not to be a candidate again."

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He said,"He serves his party best who serves his country best."

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He said the Republican Party was responsible.

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Clinton also said the United States is trying to restart the stalled six-party nuclear negotiations as soon as possible.

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At a news conference Tuesday, Specter said the decision to leave the Republican party was not an easy one.

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Chilcot had delayed Mr.Brown's attendance in order to avoid,he said, turning the inquiry into a platform for party politics.

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But Specter said he found himself increasingly at odds with a Republican Party that has moved to the right.

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Chellie Pingree, a Democratic Party congresswoman from Maine,said the legislation will have a number of positive consequences.

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David Hawkings said the victory shows that the Tea Party is a force to be reckoned with.

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Election officials said the main opposition party, The Botswana National Front, won six parliamentary seats while a splinter group, the Botswana Congress Party,won five.

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Powell said if the party moves to the right, it will lose even more members.

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The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg,said Friday his party and the Conservatives are working "flat out" in order to come to a deal.

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Prime Minister Topolanek said he believes the president might ask him again to form a government, as his party won most votes in the 2006 elections.

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Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said the reform proposal threatens the future of Russia.

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In addition, prominent Democratic Party Senator John Kerry, who was visiting Afghanistan, said Sunday that it would be "premature" to deploy more troops without political stability in Afghanistan.

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Its involvement has been deeply debated in Britain. Nick Clegg of the minority opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, said in Parliament debate the forces deserve gratitude and clarity.

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Campbell's former agent Carole White and actress Mia Farrow have said Campbell was given an uncut diamond by Charles Taylor after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela.

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