Herman Cain speaks out: His seven most memorable one-liners

Herman Cain's ascension in the Republican presidential campaign has been rich with zingers. Here are seven of Mr. Cain's most memorable quotes.

5. "The N-word"

This line came in response to a story from The Washington Post that revealed a racial slur was was used to describe a ranch where Perry and his father once hunted.

Amid widespread criticism of the name, Cain quickly joined the pile-on. As the only black candidate in the Republican presidential field, he said on Fox News Sunday, “My reaction is that’s just very insensitive. [There] isn’t a more vile, negative word than the N-word, and for him to leave it there as long as he did before, I hear, they finally painted over it, is just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country.”

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