Paul Ryan quotes

But the reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. And the fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. (Paul Ryan)
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. View quote
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We don't have a tax revenue problem in Washington, we have a spending problem in Washington. View quote
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There's no reason that patients can't have electronic access to their complete medical history... Just as people can check their bank account information online or using their ATM card, patients who want to should have electronic access to their medical records... View quote
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It's a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and of the concepts of liberty, freedom, and self-determination. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of economics. He (Obama) believes that the pie is fixed and that he needs to more equitably divide up the slices. View quote
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Now it's a war on women; tomorrow it's going to be a war on left-handed Irishmen or something like that. View quote
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Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together. View quote
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College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. View quote
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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 old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility? View quote
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Child support should do just that – support children, not the federal government. View quote
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Republicans have offered dozens of comprehensive healthcare plans many of which achieve comprehensive healthcare reform without breaking what's working in healthcare. We want to fix what's broken in healthcare. (Paul Ryan)
When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates. View quote
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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 the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity? View quote
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Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity. View quote
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That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington. View quote
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We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America. View quote
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If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already. View quote
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Hiding spending does not reduce spending. View quote
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Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring. View quote
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Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.' View quote
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We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. (Paul Ryan)
We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric. View quote
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Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I'm really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis. View quote
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Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget. View quote
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If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation. View quote
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