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" Like many places across the country, Wisconsin lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010. Unemployment during that time topped out at over 9%. "

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" 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. "

" I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses. "

" The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money. "

" I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better. "

" I think people across America want a leader who's actually going to listen to them. "

" I have unbelievable support among Republicans. "

" When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you. "

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" The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom. "

" People create jobs, not the government. "

" We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it. "

" You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do. "

" 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. "

" It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector. "

" We could see the Teamsters coming in from New Jersey, the AFL-CIO from Chicago. You could see all of the people being bused in. "

" One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around. "

" My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer. "

" 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. "

" I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that. "

" Mitt Romney turned businesses around in the private sector. He saved the Winter Olympics. "

" The voters in Wisconsin elected me last year for the third time because they wanted someone who aimed high, not aimed low. Before I came in, the unemployment rate was over eight percent. It's now down to 4.6 percent. "

" I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with. "

" It's sad to think right now, but probably the Russian and Chinese government know more about Hillary Clinton's e-mail server than do the members of the United States Congress. And - and that has put our national security at risk. "

" People like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I kept my promises. "

" Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups? "