People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I don't know any nation on Earth that succeeded in creating a strong middle class with rising wages based on building a… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
For me, politics is not a career. For me, my career was being in business and starting a business and making it… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
On one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, President Obama would turn decision making over to government… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
We have a long-standing tradition in this country to follow the advice of Senator Vandenberg, which is that politics ends at the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Mr. President, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. On government… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
That the policies - from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I look at what's happening around the world and I see Iran four years closer to a bomb. I see the Middle East with… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
I believe in my Mormon faith, and I endeavor to live by it. My faith is the faith of my fathers - I will… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
I saw the young man over there with eggs Benedict, with hollandaise sauce. And I was going to suggest to you that you serve… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
If I were to offer advice to any president of the United States, it would be this: do whatever you can do to keep… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators. — Mitt Romney Copy Share
The right course is for the Palestinians and the Israelis to sit down at the table together. The Palestinians need to recognize that the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share
If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel. — Mitt Romney Copy Share
President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call… — Mitt Romney Copy Share