--- title: "4 Candidate Quotes By Rick Santorum" description: "4 Candidate quotes by Rick Santorum. Plus more from Rick Santorum and more Candidate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/rick-santorum-1840_candidate_you-win-by-giving-people-the-opportunity_801145.jpg" --- > [You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone whos just going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/you-win-by-giving-people-the-opportunity-to-see-a-different-vision/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/rick-santorum-1840_candidate_you-win-by-giving-people-the-opportunity_801145.jpg) > [We need a candidate who's going to be a fighter for freedom. Who is going to get up and make that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/we-need-a-candidate-who-s-going-to-be-a-fighter-for-freedom-who-is/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/rick-santorum-1840_campaigns_we-need-a-candidate-who-s-going-to-be-a_851485.jpg) > [I think I'm the best candidate not just to beat President Obama, but to do what is necessary to get this country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/i-think-i-m-the-best-candidate-not-just-to-beat-president-obama-but/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/rick-santorum-1840_beats_i-think-i-m-the-best-candidate-not-just_916039.jpg) > [We can't nominate such a weak candidate. I'd love to be able to get one-on-one with Gov. Romney and expose the record…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/we-can-t-nominate-such-a-weak-candidate-i-d-love-to-be-able-to-get/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/rick-santorum-1840_able_we-can-t-nominate-such-a-weak-candidate_1094798.jpg) ## Other authors on Candidate - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeb-bush-48259.jpg) Jeb Bush 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/jeb-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-ted-cruz-89212.jpg) Ted Cruz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/ted-cruz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-obama-67696.jpg) Michelle Obama 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/michelle-obama/) ## 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/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) > [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/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) > [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/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) > [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/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/rick-santorum/#itemlist", "name": "4 Candidate Quotes By Rick Santorum", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone whos just going to be a little different than the person in there. 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