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" I would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers. "
Paul Ryan
Would
Sue
President
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" 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. "
Paul Ryan
Belief
Better
Government
" In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government. "
Paul Ryan
Growth
Choice
Size
" We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited. "
Paul Ryan
American
History
Generation
" Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together. "
Paul Ryan
Community
Working Together
Achievement
" Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified. "
Paul Ryan
Women
Revered
Women Are
" If you want to change a law, you have to pass a law. Presidents don't write laws. Congress writes laws. "
Paul Ryan
Law
Change
Congress
" We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. "
Paul Ryan
Feet
People
Speak
" This is what life is like with the Clintons. It is one scandal after another, and you never know what's coming next. They use the system to enrich themselves. "
Paul Ryan
Never
System
You
" We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them. "
Paul Ryan
Government
People
Listening
" We need to stop spending money we don't have. "
Paul Ryan
Spending Money
Money
Need
" We have to bring relief as fast as possible to people who are struggling under Obamacare. "
Paul Ryan
Relief
Bring
Fast
" I've been really clear about this. If you want to be president, you should run for president. We should select our nominee from among the people who are running for president. Clear and simple. So no, I am not going to be the president. I am not going to be the nominee. "
Paul Ryan
You
Want
I Am
" Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring. "
Paul Ryan
Look
Nobody
Tax
" 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
" 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. "
Paul Ryan
Business
Worth
Story
" Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do. "
Paul Ryan
Challenge
Crisis
Debt
" America is more than just a country. It's more than Chicago or Wisconsin. It's more than our borders. America is an idea. It's a very precious idea. "
Paul Ryan
Chicago
America
Precious
" I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is that kind of place. "
Paul Ryan
Kind
Live
Up
" People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous. "
Paul Ryan
Me
Say
Ridiculous
" Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. "
Paul Ryan
God
Government
Independence
" 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
" President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated enough.' He said his job is to 'tell a story to the American people' - as if that's the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners? "
Paul Ryan
Mistakes
People
Story
" We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. "
Paul Ryan
Believe
Liberty
Happiness
" Hiding spending does not reduce spending. "
Paul Ryan
Spending
Does
Hiding
" While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance sheet. Conservatives have made certain of that. "
Paul Ryan
Responsibility
Balance
Challenges
" President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government. "
Paul Ryan
Cloud
Government
You
" The president has declared that the debate over government-controlled health care is over. That will come as news to the millions of Americans who will elect Mitt Romney so we can repeal Obamacare. "
Paul Ryan
Care
Will
Over
" I grew up hunting with Remington 7400s, which are semiautomatic rifles. "
Paul Ryan
Grew
Up
Hunting
" After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney. "
Paul Ryan
Job
America
Years
" That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life. "
Paul Ryan
Society
Plan
Opportunity