--- title: "Best Politics Quotes by Mitt Romney" description: "57 Politics quotes by Mitt Romney. Plus more from Mitt Romney and more Politics sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/mitt-romney-268_being-successful_we-believe-in-individual-initiative-pers_106427.jpg" --- > [We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/we-believe-in-individual-initiative-personal-responsibility/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/mitt-romney-268_being-successful_we-believe-in-individual-initiative-pers_106427.jpg) > [People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/people-from-both-political-parties-have-long-recognized-that-welfare/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/mitt-romney-268_esteem_people-from-both-political-parties-have_71043.png) > [I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-went-to-massachusetts-to-make-a-difference-i-didn-t-go-there-to/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/mitt-romney-268_careers_i-went-to-massachusetts-to-make-a-differ_687208.png) > [Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/our-nation-is-too-different-too-diverse-to-say-that-what-works-in/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/mitt-romney-268_different_our-nation-is-too-different-too-diverse_1485835.jpg) > [Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/democrats-want-to-use-the-slowdown-as-an-excuse-to-do-what-their/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/mitt-romney-268_begging_democrats-want-to-use-the-slowdown-as-an_1848808.png) > [Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/every-time-you-have-an-occasion-to-take-something-from-the-federal/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/mitt-romney-268_federal_every-time-you-have-an-occasion-to-take_1917884.png) > [President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/president-obama-promised-to-begin-to-slow-the-rise-of-the-oceans-and/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/mitt-romney-268_heal_president-obama-promised-to-begin-to-slo_618717.png) > [It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/it-s-opportunity-it-s-opportunity-not-a-check-from-government-it-s/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/mitt-romney-268_america_it-s-opportunity-it-s-opportunity-not-a_2541166.png) > [Mr. President, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. On government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/mr-president-all-of-the-increase-in-natural-gas-and-oil-has-happened/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/mitt-romney-268_climate_mr-president-all-of-the-increase-in-natu_2696045.jpg) > [President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba. He abandoned our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/president-obama-has-thrown-allies-like-israel-under-the-bus-even-as/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/mitt-romney-268_abandoned_president-obama-has-thrown-allies-like-i_218017.jpg) > [Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/now-let-me-be-clear-the-path-i-lay-out-is-not-one-paved-with-ever/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/mitt-romney-268_always_now-let-me-be-clear-the-path-i-lay-out-i_621788.png) > [I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-would-cap-the-amount-of-federal-government-can-spend-at-20-percent/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/mitt-romney-268_amount_i-would-cap-the-amount-of-federal-govern_2413318.png) > [That the policies - from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/that-the-policies-from-energy-to-labor-policies-trade-policies/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/mitt-romney-268_add_that-the-policies-from-energy-to-labor-p_370591.png) > [On one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, President Obama would turn decision making over to government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/on-one-of-the-most-personal-matters-of-our-lives-our-health-care/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/mitt-romney-268_bureaucrats_on-one-of-the-most-personal-matters-of-o_2980627.png) > [We have a long-standing tradition in this country to follow the advice of Senator Vandenberg, which is that politics ends at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/we-have-a-long-standing-tradition-in-this-country-to-follow-the/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/mitt-romney-268_advice_we-have-a-long-standing-tradition-in-thi_1632989.png) > [Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/free-enterprise-has-done-more-to-lift-people-out-of-poverty-to-help/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/mitt-romney-268_business_free-enterprise-has-done-more-to-lift-pe_552838.png) > [For me, politics is not a career. For me, my career was being in business and starting a business and making it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/for-me-politics-is-not-a-career-for-me-my-career-was-being-in/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/mitt-romney-268_business_for-me-politics-is-not-a-career-for-me-m_809613.jpg) ## Other authors on Politics - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 395 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 276 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 249 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/barack-obama/) - [Jarod Kintz 192 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 182 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 176 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 160 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 158 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-sowell-90605.jpg) Thomas Sowell 151 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/thomas-sowell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-narendra-modi-70220.jpg) Narendra Modi 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/narendra-modi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-p-j-o-rourke-184.jpg) P. J. O'Rourke 135 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/p-j-o-rourke/) - [Steven Magee 132 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/steven-magee/) ## More by Mitt Romney > [I look at what's happening around the world and I see Iran four years closer to a bomb. I see the Middle East with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-look-at-what-s-happening-around-the-world-and-i-see-iran-four-years/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [I would like to have campaign spending limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-would-like-to-have-campaign-spending-limits/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [I believe in my Mormon faith, and I endeavor to live by it. My faith is the faith of my fathers - I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-believe-in-my-mormon-faith-and-i-endeavor-to-live-by-it-my-faith-is/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/america-s-military-is-second-to-none-in-the-world-we-re-blessed-with/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/and-a-special-thank-you-to-the-citizens-of-massachusetts-you-are/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/when-i-was-elected-governor-of-my-state-i-had-a-legislature-87/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [I saw the young man over there with eggs Benedict, with hollandaise sauce. And I was going to suggest to you that you serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-saw-the-young-man-over-there-with-eggs-benedict-with-hollandaise/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [I've been a hunter pretty much all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-ve-been-a-hunter-pretty-much-all-my-life/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-think-mitt-romney-has-demonstrated-repeatedly-he-has-a-penchant-for/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [If I were to offer advice to any president of the United States, it would be this: do whatever you can do to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/if-i-were-to-offer-advice-to-any-president-of-the-united-states-it/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [I was too important to go to Vietnam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-was-too-important-to-go-to-vietnam/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/america-has-not-dictated-to-other-nations-we-have-freed-other-nations/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [The right course is for the Palestinians and the Israelis to sit down at the table together. The Palestinians need to recognize that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-right-course-is-for-the-palestinians-and-the-israelis-to-sit-down/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/if-i-m-president-of-the-united-states-when-i-m-president-of-the/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) > [President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/president-obama-instituted-the-most-anti-growth-anti-investment-anti/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/mitt-romney/#itemlist", "name": "Best Politics Quotes by Mitt Romney", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. 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