Jon Huntsman, Jr. famous quotes

03-24-2025

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Recovery #Entrepreneur #Small Business
I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Iowa #Reason #Competing
It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Thinking #Years #Play
This is a time when the United States should be standing tall. There is no other leader in the world today. We shouldn't be approaching conflicts as a team sport. We either get in an we lead and we do a good job, or you don't get in at all.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Sports #Jobs #Team
It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#War #Taken #Deployment
I'm a true native of the Bay Area.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Bay Area #Native
The rest of the world cares about how we conduct our affairs because they then take that lead. Were the only leader in the world today. Some are wishing us well, others think that were down and are not going to get back up again, but they are all watching with great interest to see how we conduct our business over the next couple of years.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Couple #Thinking #Years
Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Believe #Kids #America
We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#War #Fighting #Thinking
If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Cutting #Defense #Enough
Iâ€™m a very spiritual person and proud of my Mormon roots,
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Spiritual #Roots #Proud
I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Country #Party #Government
I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Country #Differences #President
My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Father #Political #Entrepreneur
Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Serendipity #Messages #Right Time
And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Country #Impact #Debt
The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Country #Reality #Cities
I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Country #America #World
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Long #Lines #Sides
I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Running #Thinking #Order
Iâ€™ve been married for 29 years. My marriage has been the greatest joy of my life. There is nothing conservative about denying other Americans the ability to forge that same relationship with the person they love.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Years #Joy #Conservative
I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Cutting #Debt #Levels
People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.
-- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#Religious #Pursuit Of Happiness #Race

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