Paul Ryan Quotes

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• We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. Able
• Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. Declaration
• A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. Among
• Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we… Anxiety
• Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity. Barrier
• I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and… Businesses
• Hey, I'm a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. Catholic
• Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do… All
• We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every… All
• Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at… Causes
• Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them… All
• Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth. Down
• If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already. All
• We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. Believe
• When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans' fears about the… American
• While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance… Advance
• Obamacare comes to more than two thousand pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country. Country
• We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility. Blame
• What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting… Administration
• I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be. Consult

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