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

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" What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My kids were targeted on Facebook by protesters. "

" I have unbelievable support among Republicans. "

" 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 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. "

" But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. "

" People create jobs, not the government. "

" In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice. "

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

" 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 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. "

" I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers. "

" 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. "

" 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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" There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. "

" 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. "

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

" Elections have consequences. "

" I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government, creates jobs. "

" 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. "

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

" And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer.' "

" 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. "

" More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way. "

" 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.' "

" We need someone to turn things around in America. "