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> [You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/you-can-t-have-a-limited-government-if-the-family-breaks-down/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/the-family-is-the-first-economy-if-the-family-breaks-down-well/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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## More by Rick Santorum

> [We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like - the anti-war government nig... America was a source for division around the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/we-know-the-candidate-barack-obama-what-he-was-like-the-anti-war/)

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> [We had 90 percent rates, but nobody paid them. And so you had all these exemptions, exclusions, shelters, all this kind of stuff. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/we-had-90-percent-rates-but-nobody-paid-them-and-so-you-had-all-these/)

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> [I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/i-would-say-any-type-of-sexual-activity-has-absolutely-no-place-in/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [I support the death penalty and will continue to do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/i-support-the-death-penalty-and-will-continue-to-do-that/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [Suffering, if you're a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it's not a bad thing, it is an essential thing in life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/suffering-if-you-re-a-christian-suffering-is-a-part-of-life-and-it-s/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture, ... When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/priests-like-all-of-us-are-affected-by-culture-when-the-culture-is/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [“The basic unit of society is the family. No one comes into this world as a self-sufficient individual. We start out as the helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/the-basic-unit-of-society-is-the-family-no-one-comes-into-this-world/)

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> [In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/in-1923-there-were-no-government-benefits-for-immigrants-except-one/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/now-is-the-time-to-act-or-get-stuck-with-a-bland-boring-career/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/my-mom-was-a-working-woman-she-made-more-money-than-my-dad-both-my/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [Almost 60,000 average Americans had the courage to go out and charge those beaches on Normandy, to drop out of airplanes who knows where,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/almost-60-000-average-americans-had-the-courage-to-go-out-and-charge/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [ The state has a right to do that \[outlaw contraceptives\], I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that. It… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/the-state-has-a-right-to-do-that-outlaw-contraceptives-i-have-never/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [ One of Governor Romney's aides today on television said that Governor Romney, after he wins the primaries, will be like an \[Etch A Sketch\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/one-of-governor-romney-s-aides-today-on-television-said-that-governor/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [I dont know of one group of people thats more disliked than politicians -- it may be the folks who gave us the Wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/i-dont-know-of-one-group-of-people-thats-more-disliked-than/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

> [Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/obviously-the-first-thing-we-need-to-do-is-repeal-obamacare-that-s/)

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