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“Elections are about choices.”
“I don't go hunting with kings and princes.”
“I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.”
“If you give me enough questions honestly answered, I can get you to the hollow core of any liberal position.”
“I like being home for dinner.”
“Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.”
“Put simply, no one in state government can create new specially protected classes except the General Assembly with the concurrence of the Governor.”
“In the Republican Party, we talk all the time about the importance of free markets and open competition. It seems to me that if we don't practice what we preach, we won't have much credibility with others.”
“One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.”
“The truth is our friend.”
“We are moving the debate in a more limited government direction. And in a more rule of law direction, a more conservative direction.”
“There's nothing conservative about allowing ourselves to become so inured to a 'tough on crime' frame of mind that we would abandon tested alternatives that can yield better outcomes.”
“I have not always held the position I do today on the life issue.”
“When you run on something definitive and then win by a significant margin, you have a mandate.”
“It's hard to make me speechless.”
“There are just some things about being president that are difficult.”
“We have a battle over the fundamentals of our country.”
“Competition's a good thing.”
“I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.”
“We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of 'putting people in jail and throwing away the key' does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.”