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The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.' (Mitch Daniels)
If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come. View quote
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Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. View quote
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Every successful enterprise has a very clear strategic purpose. View quote
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Finally, treat domestic energy production as the economic necessity it is and the job creator it can be. Drill, and frack, and lease, and license, unleash in every way the jobs potential in the enormous energy resources we have been denying ourselves. View quote
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There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous. View quote
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Starting a new retirement plan for those below a certain age is something tens of millions of Americans have already been through at work. View quote
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The state of our state needs serious attention. View quote
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My record is, far as I know, unimpeachable. View quote
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Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms. View quote
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The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours. (Mitch Daniels)
We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves. View quote
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The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing. View quote
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No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others. View quote
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A one-time tax does not get figured into people's investment decisions. View quote
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I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do. View quote
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I believe that the Right to Work issue is a perfectly appropriate one for Indiana to look at. View quote
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Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing. View quote
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All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. View quote
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We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish. View quote
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The president wasn't dragged anywhere, ... In reality, I think, it was his opposition which was dragged upstairs one step at a time from zero to this number that was very close to what the president proposed. (Mitch Daniels)
The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars. View quote
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