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" 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
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" We have a plan for a stronger middle class, with the goal of generating 12 million new jobs over the next four years. "
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" Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits. "
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" A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. "
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" We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead. "
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" A Romney-Ryan administration will protect and strengthen Medicare, for my Mom's generation, for my generation, and for my kids and yours. "
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" If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Know
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" 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? "
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America
Class
" I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare. "
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" I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interest. "
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Country
Think
Our
" So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years? "
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Change
Last
Why
" We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. "
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Happiness
" 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. "
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Great
Hope
Politics
" When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do. "
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Going
Me
Said
" When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates. "
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Problems
Giving
Credit
" I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be. "
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Should
Tell
Me
" Some of our best and biggest allies in this struggle and fight against radical Islamic terror are Muslims, the vast, vast, vast majority of whom are people who believe in pluralism, freedom, democracy, individual rights. "
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Struggle
Freedom
Democracy
" Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. "
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History
American
Help
" We need to stop spending money we don't have. "
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Spending Money
Money
Need
" We have to bring relief as fast as possible to people who are struggling under Obamacare. "
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Relief
Bring
Fast
" We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. "
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Politics
Past
Need
" Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions. "
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Anxiety
Change
Fear
" Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I'm really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis. "
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Challenge
Doubt
Face
" 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.' "
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Government
You
Office
" We think there are better solutions to fighting poverty because we see what the War on Poverty has produced. It produced tens of trillions of dollars in spending. It has been a 51-year exercise, and yet the poverty rates in America today are not much better than when we started the War on Poverty. "
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War
Think
Fighting
" The American people are ready for solutions, and Donald Trump offers a chance to move in a new direction. "
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New
People
Direction
" 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. "
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Healthcare
Want
Achieve
" 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. "
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Responsibility
Balance
Challenges
" We must solve the problem in health care by curbing out-of-control costs that erode paychecks for working families and push quality coverage out of reach for millions of Americans. "
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Problem
Care
Health