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> [A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. It is time to provide an opportunity for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/a-good-place-to-start-is-with-the-kids-one-of-the-great-founding/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

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## More by Eric Cantor

> [Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/whether-it-s-people-walking-off-the-view-when-bill-o-reilly-makes-a/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/well-if-democratic-members-in-the-house-elect-nancy-pelosi-as-their/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/i-do-not-suspect-that-jefferson-or-madison-ever-envisioned-congress/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/it-s-all-about-the-fungibility-and-money-if-planned-parenthood/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/now-the-proposal-is-yet-again-another-150-billion-before-we-start-to/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [What this bill says is it reiterates again the deadline, and that the Senate should act before the deadline, and that's what the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/what-this-bill-says-is-it-reiterates-again-the-deadline-and-that-the/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [Israel deserves America's friendship in reality - not just in rhetoric.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/israel-deserves-america-s-friendship-in-reality-not-just-in-rhetoric/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/look-we-know-we-screwed-up-when-we-were-in-the-majority-we-fell-in/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [We've had Town Hall meetings, we've witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the President's health care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/we-ve-had-town-hall-meetings-we-ve-witnessed-election-after-election/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/a-good-place-to-start-is-with-the-kids-one-of-the-great-founding/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/you-know-there-are-people-making-a-lot-of-money-in-this-country-who/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/people-have-to-take-responsibility-for-themselves-we-need-to-get-the/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/i-am-hopeful-for-the-american-people-that-we-can-actually-improve-the/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [We as Republicans understand that we have got to protect these... entitlement programs - these entitlement programs for our seniors today. And we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/we-as-republicans-understand-that-we-have-got-to-protect-these/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

> [We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/we-believe-that-if-you-put-in-place-the-mechanisms-that-allow-for/)

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