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“I'm very old-fashioned. I believe that people should stay married for life, like pigeons and Catholics.”
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“The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.”
Source : Speech at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, www.weeklystandard.com. September 27, 2011. 
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“Money is in politics, it's been there. I was in politics for 10 years, I had some of the worst ads run against me ever. I had some of the most money spent by a guy in my state running against me. That's not the issue. The issue is getting out and making the case for what we're going to do to create jobs and to make the economic situation for individual families better.”
Source : "Panel on Tea Party, anti-establishment 'wave'". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.
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“We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.”
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“Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.”
Source : "Insight and Responsibility".
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“I'm definitely a guy that's done a lot of stupid s--- too. It happens.”
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“Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.”
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“Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.”
