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" I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old - and I know that we are ready. "
Paul Ryan
Know
America
Children
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" What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control. "
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" Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere. "
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" As Republicans, our challenge is to become a pro-market party and not be a pro-business party. "
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" I saw Donald Trump give a spirited voice to those of us who don't like the status quo, and I see emerging in front of us the potential for what a unified Republican government can get you, which can be the solutions. "
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You
Government
Potential
" Everyone is equal. Everyone has a place. No one is written off, because there is worth and goodness in every life... That is the Republican ideal. And if we won't defend it, who will? "
Paul Ryan
Life
Goodness
Republican
" If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand. "
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Try
Person
Me
" Today, if you were raised poor, you're just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago. "
Paul Ryan
You
Today
Years
" If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation. "
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Fight
" We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. "
Paul Ryan
Politics
Past
Need
" I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. "
Paul Ryan
Silent
Seen
Power
" We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work, and so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. "
Paul Ryan
Culture
Work
Value
" Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it. "
Paul Ryan
Parents
New
Going
" The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. "
Paul Ryan
Fight
Public Service
Service
" I believe that if we do not prevent Medicare from going bankrupt, it will go bankrupt. And that will be bad for everybody. We have to tackle our debt crisis. We have to tackle the drivers of our debt. "
Paul Ryan
I Believe
Crisis
Believe
" That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington. "
Paul Ryan
Creation
Job
Money
" If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control. "
Paul Ryan
Would
Debt
Control
" In America, aren't we all supposed to see beyond class, see beyond ethnicity? Are all these lines drawn to set us apart and lock us into groups? "
Paul Ryan
Beyond
America
Class
" To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois. "
Paul Ryan
Great
Hope
Politics
" Republicans have offered dozens of comprehensive healthcare plans many of which achieve comprehensive healthcare reform without breaking what's working in healthcare. We want to fix what's broken in healthcare. "
Paul Ryan
Healthcare
Want
Achieve
" I'm going to speak my mind. I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party. "
Paul Ryan
Republican
Ideas
Speak
" I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. "
Paul Ryan
Job
Want
Rich
" The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering. "
Paul Ryan
Leadership
Know
Control
" We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America. "
Paul Ryan
America
Care
Health
" A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first year. "
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Win
America
Authority
" Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together. "
Paul Ryan
Community
Working Together
Achievement
" I want to go get trade agreements because if America walls itself up, if we address sort of an economic fortress America, we will lose. "
Paul Ryan
Trade
Want
Will
" Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.' "
Paul Ryan
Government
You
Office
" We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. "
Paul Ryan
Safety
Complacency
Want
" The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. "
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Belief
Better
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" My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he'd be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I'm sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin. "
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