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“I've certainly honored the two promises I made: Always tell you the truth; never vote with my re-election in mind.”
“If you manage things properly - and, listen, I'm a business guy. I've got to prioritize spending in all my business career to prevent my business from going bankrupt. The federal government has got to start doing that eventually as well.”
“You can't call ISIS the JV team. You can't say that they're contained. Sure, we've had some success, but we have not defeated them.”
“The whole climate change debate gives - and there are all kinds of quotes from adherents of and promoters of climate change - the reason they're doing it is it's such a great opportunity to control, you know, pretty much, government, and control your lives.”
“The federal government is way larger than it should be.”
“In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate.”
“Iran is Iran. It has a regime that is destabilized in the region, that is spreading terror.”
“Debt ceiling is something that, you know, any time the president asks for the authority to increase the debt ceiling, the debt burden on our children and grandchildren, I think that requires a pretty serious discussion, robust debate.”
“What happens outside of the campaign is outside of my control.”
“You could establish along the zones of the coast of the Caribbean in Honduras gorgeous resorts zones. If we could help them do that, they could start rebuilding their economy.”
“I'm an accountant. I'm a manufacturer from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who stepped up to the plate, and now I'm a U.S. senator.”
“This is nothing negative about the other candidates. It's just a recognition of the fact that Governor Romney has won more delegates. He's the only person that really has a chance to take the winning number of delegates into the convention.”
“There are a lot of young kids serving in Washington, D.C.: kids that are smart, hard-working, but they've never farmed. They've never run a business. They've never been in the private sector. They went from high school into college and right into Washington, D.C.”
“I'd be 100 percent supportive of a minimum wage - kind of industry specific, maybe regionally specific - for guest workers, so that we're not creating incentives for employers to bring in immigrants to lower the price of labor.”
“I have to - I think an endorsement is something incredibly important. I would never do it just strategically. I would have to have full confidence that I have got no questions about the person.”
“The Obama administration has an undeniable pattern of using regulatory overreach and intimidation to further its political aims.”
“As long as ISIS is not overtly losing, they'll continue to be perceived as winners.”
“I think it's unrealistic for public-sector employees to believe that they are immune from modifications to their pay and benefit packages.”
“We have demagogues on all sides of the political spectrum. It's not helpful. It's destructive. It's harmful. So, I don't like demagoguery whether it comes from the left, it comes from the right.”
“If you're an Islamic terrorist, probably the last program I'd use to try to get into this country is the refugee program.”