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The state claims a right to outlaw contraceptives, saying it is a power it holds even if not a constitutional one. Santorum suggests that honest business dealings need fewer forms and more handshakes, making capitalism run smoother. He also defends traditional families, believing children benefit from having both a mother and a father.

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When people can't control their desires... we have to pass laws to stop their desires.

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There are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire.

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Higher income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to.

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I think Donald Trump is going to surprise a lot of people.

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The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does. They say they're tolerant, and they're anything but tolerant of people…

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When did it become the law of the land that the Supreme Court has the final say on anything? They cannot have…

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There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to…

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We went into a recession in 2008 because of gasoline prices. The bubble burst in housing because people couldn’t pay their mortgages…

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My view is the less the government can do and the more freedom and opportunity you give people, that trusting people and…

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Capitalism actually encourages morality because capitalism can't function well if people can't trust each other and people aren't honest, if a deal…

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I dont know of one group of people thats more disliked than politicians -- it may be the folks who gave us…

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I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity…

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Who are benefits promised to, overwhelmingly? Well, they're promised to older people. And if you have a society like Europe that is…

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The problem is neutrality ends in poverty, neutrality ends in choices that hurt people's lives. This administration is deliberately telling organizations that…

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Well, higher-income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to because they can move their money somewhere else, they…

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One of the things that I realize is that if you look at big business, I mean, they - and what they…

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The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer, is that human life a person under the constitution.…

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The more moral the people are in their business dealings, the less paperwork you need, the more handshakes you can have, the…

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While the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families, that will change under a Satorum Administration. I…

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If just a few people make decisions about what this world looks like, what this country looks like, then you have people…

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My colleague Senator John Ensign of Nevada told me a story that epitomizes the selfishness of our culture: When I was a…

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Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's…

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I think that could be a very compromising situation where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest…

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This is common sense. This is nature, and what we're trying to do is defy nature because a certain group of people…

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I think there are a lot of successful people in this country who connect amazingly well with the American people and have…

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All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis, they're not Palestinians. There is no 'Palestinian.' This is Israeli land.

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People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into…

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The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can…

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I'm one of the few people up here who actually believes that we need a level playing field when it comes to…

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The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we…

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One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a libertarianish right . . . This…

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I grew up in a steel town of Western Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh, and when I announced for president, I announced from…

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I don't think most people understand that when I wasn't running for president, I was working. Because I have to earn income.…

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You can say I'm a hater. But I would argue I'm a lover. I'm a lover of traditional families and of the…

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The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of…

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The state has a right to do that [outlaw contraceptives], I have never questioned that the state has a right to do…

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There are people who were gay and lived the gay lifestyle and aren’t anymore. I don’t know if that’s the similar situation…

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I raise money the old fashioned way, I go out and tell people what I think. And I say to them, "If…

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You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone whos just going to be…

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Suffering, if you're a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it's not a bad thing, it is an essential thing…

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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…

I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military.

I support the death penalty and will continue to do that.

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…

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“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…

In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!

Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama.

My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s.

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,…

The state has a right to do that [outlaw contraceptives], I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that. It…

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]…

I dont know of one group of people thats more disliked than politicians -- it may be the folks who gave us the Wall…

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…