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“I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.”
“I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.”
“Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.”
“California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout.”
“We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.”
“I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.”
“I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do.”
“The message is pretty clear: Americans are sick and tired of the doubletalk coming out of Washington, of us going home and saying we're conservative and then coming up here and voting for 10,000 earmarks. We can't fool America anymore; the media is too good. They're reporting what we're really doing.”
“So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.”
“If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.”
“I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.”
“I'm getting optimistic. I think, as I talk to people around the country - they seem to get it. They want a return to those things that made America different and great.”
“We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.”
“Republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what I think millions of Americans are saying.”
“It has always been my plan not to serve more than two terms.”
“I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.”
“I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.”
“I drive Fords, and I've driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American manufacturing sector, especially in automobiles.”
“Marriage is a religious and state issue.”
“I'm never going to rule anything out in life, because most of what I'm doing now, I never intended to do.”