“Why not? With my way of thinking, you always shoot for the top.”
On 60 Minutes, when asked whether he favors amending the U.S. Constitution to allow naturalized citizens (such as himself) to run for president. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6675372&src=rss/oddlyEnoughNews§ion=news (31 October 2004).
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