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" I think people across America want a leader who's actually going to listen to them. "
Scott Walker
Think
America
Leader
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" I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.' "
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" The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money. "
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" You look at Governor Romney's record in the private sector, he helped turn businesses around. Certainly a decade ago he took what would have been an international disaster with the U.S. Olympics, and turned it around for America and made us great again with the Olympics in Salt Lake City. "
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" We need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. I would send weapons to Ukraine. I would work with NATO to put forces on the eastern border of Poland and the Baltic nations, and I would reinstate, put in place back in the missile defense system that we had in Poland and in the Czech Republic. "
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Place
" We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it. "
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Business
Mean
" Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups? "
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Who
Charge
Groups
" There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. "
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Illinois
More
Wisconsin
" I ran for governor because I was worried about my kids' future. Then, I took on the big government union bosses, and we won. They tried to recall me, and we won. They target us again, and we won. We balanced the budget, cut taxes, and turned our state around with big, bold reforms. "
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Us
" People create jobs, not the government. "
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Jobs
People
Create
" The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom. "
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Say
Last
Want
" Elections have consequences. "
Scott Walker
Elections
Consequences
" Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans. "
Scott Walker
Confidence
Will
People
" Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks. "
Scott Walker
Road
Political
Negative
" I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses. "
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Empower
Government
Union
" We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers. "
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Think
Class
Government
" You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do. "
Scott Walker
Tough
Believe
Years
" I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term. "
Scott Walker
Twice
Love
Joke
" We'll look to the fall and if there is a new president and a new Senate that's part of a Congress willing to change, that's the next step. "
Scott Walker
Change
Look
New
" I have unbelievable support among Republicans. "
Scott Walker
Republicans
Unbelievable
Support
" We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf. "
Scott Walker
America
Great
Stand
" It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward. "
Scott Walker
Work
Find
Time
" Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there. "
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Fire
Performance
Best
" But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips. "
Scott Walker
Want
Random
Planning
" A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it. "
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Political
Wise
Time
" My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer. "
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Union
Bosses
Leaders
" People like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. "
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Like
Grow
Growing
" I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs. "
Scott Walker
Government
Destiny
Success
" One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class. "
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Middle
Things
Opponent
" So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom. "
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Money
Freedom
Government
" I kept my promises. "
Scott Walker
Kept
Promises