Phil Crane
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"Philip Miller "Phil" Crane" was an United States/American politician. He was a United States Republican Party/Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the Illinois's 8th congressional district/8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election, Crane was the longest-serving Republican member of the House.

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This is the strangest period that I can recall in my lifetime, because individuals that will encourage their own children even, to blow themselves to kingdom come to take our innocent men, women and children, is something that is unconscionable. These are like uncivilized animals.

This is a vote that is required if we are going to enjoy all of the WTO trade advantages with a new member of WTO, namely the People's Republic of China. And if we do not approve this, and we go back to simply renewing our annual trade relations, normal trade relations with China, they continue to access our market, but we are locked out of theirs, as we are at the present time.

Re-examining all of the federal departments and agencies and whether they should exist is the next great battle for conservatives.

I used to tell my history students that while he was a Democrat, I admired Harry Truman because he took tough positions and then stood up for them.

In telecommunications, China represents the largest potential market in the world.

I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in.

I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.