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" There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. "
Scott Walker
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" 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. "
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" There is international criminal organizations penetrating our southern based borders, and we need to do something about it. Secure the border, enforce the law, no amnesty, and go forward with the legal immigration system that gives priority to American working families and wages. "
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" 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. "
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" What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that. "
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" Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better. "
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" Mitt Romney turned businesses around in the private sector. He saved the Winter Olympics. "
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" In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" Certainly political capital-slash-celebrity attention, whatever you want to call it, certainly is part of the reason why I've been reaching out to CEOs. There's a lot of folks who probably would have taken a call from me before but are even more inclined now and are interested in what we're doing because of all the attention. "
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