--- title: "8 Growing Quotes By Mike Pence" description: "8 Growing quotes by Mike Pence. Plus more from Mike Pence and more Growing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/mike-pence-577_articles_growing-up-i-used-to-one-of-my-heroes-gr_156116.png" --- > [Growing up I used to ... one of my heroes growing up was President John F. Kennedy. And I actually have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/growing-up-i-used-to-one-of-my-heroes-growing-up-was-president-john-f/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/mike-pence-577_articles_growing-up-i-used-to-one-of-my-heroes-gr_156116.png) > [My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/my-uncle-was-a-cop-a-career-cop-on-the-beat-in-downtown-chicago-he/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/mike-pence-577_beats_my-uncle-was-a-cop-a-career-cop-on-the-b_230057.png) > [I think would send a very strong message to Putin and to Russia that NATO countries and the United States are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-think-would-send-a-very-strong-message-to-putin-and-to-russia-that/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/mike-pence-577_country_i-think-would-send-a-very-strong-message_641824.png) > [In my home state of Indiana we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/in-my-home-state-of-indiana-we-prove-every-day-that-you-can-build-a/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/mike-pence-577_balanced_in-my-home-state-of-indiana-we-prove-eve_778414.png) > [I mean, the reality is unemployment today - over 14 million Americans are unemployed. That's exactly what it was a year ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-mean-the-reality-is-unemployment-today-over-14-million-americans/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/mike-pence-577_american-people_i-mean-the-reality-is-unemployment-today_1068180.png) > [Just growing up in Columbus, which is such a special place, small town with a Fortune 500 company's headquarters, the extraordinary modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/just-growing-up-in-columbus-which-is-such-a-special-place-small-town/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/mike-pence-577_architecture_just-growing-up-in-columbus-which-is-suc_1725647.png) > [When you get the economy growing, that's when you can deal with the national debt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/when-you-get-the-economy-growing-that-s-when-you-can-deal-with-the/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/mike-pence-577_deals_when-you-get-the-economy-growing-that-s_1930071.png) > [ The president-elect \[Donald Trump\] has set a very aggressive agenda, and I think that repealing and replacing Obamacare with the kind of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-president-elect-donald-trump-has-set-a-very-aggressive-agenda-and/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/mike-pence-577_agendas_the-president-elect-donald-trump-has-set_1999444.jpg) ## Other authors on Growing ## More by Mike Pence > [The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-united-states-cannot-and-should-not-discriminate-on-the-basis-of/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [There's overwhelming evidence... circumstantial and otherwise, to suggest a connection between Iraq and al Qaeda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/there-s-overwhelming-evidence-circumstantial-and-otherwise-to-suggest/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/america-is-stronger-than-russia-our-economy-is-16-times-larger-than/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [The government competes in the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-government-competes-in-the-private-sector-the-way-an-alligator/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [The so-called 'Employee Free Choice Act' envisions a world where workers would be denied privacy and forced to vote in an atmosphere of intimidation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-so-called-employee-free-choice-act-envisions-a-world-where/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [People are tired of being told that this is as good as it gets. They hear in Donald Trump someone who says, 'We can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/people-are-tired-of-being-told-that-this-is-as-good-as-it-gets-they/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [ I think Donald Trump will articulate what we do with the people \[immigrants\] who are here. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-think-donald-trump-will-articulate-what-we-do-with-the-people/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [People in both parties are restless for change, ready to break free of old patterns in Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/people-in-both-parties-are-restless-for-change-ready-to-break-free-of/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-opposed-the-medicare-prescription-drug-entitlement-i-opposed-the/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [I joked at our National Convention that our party was nominating a candidate for president who was charismatic, larger than life, memorable, so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-joked-at-our-national-convention-that-our-party-was-nominating-a/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [I'm not sure that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know that we're at war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-m-not-sure-that-hillary-clinton-and-barack-obama-know-that-we-re-at/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [The state of Indiana has also sought to make sure we expand alternatives in healthcare counseling for women, non-abortion alternatives, and I'm also very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-state-of-indiana-has-also-sought-to-make-sure-we-expand/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [If you want real change, if you want a stronger America at home and abroad and an America that cherishes our highest ideals, head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/if-you-want-real-change-if-you-want-a-stronger-america-at-home-and/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/you-know-hoosiers-recognize-pork-when-we-see-it-and-they-recognize/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) > [The heroes of my childhood were Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy... but I was inspired by the ideals of our 40th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-heroes-of-my-childhood-were-martin-luther-king-jr-and-john-f/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/growing/mike-pence/#itemlist", "name": "8 Growing Quotes By Mike Pence", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up I used to ... one of my heroes growing up was President John F. Kennedy. 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