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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

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Mitch Daniels
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 7
Former Governor Of Indiana
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When they call the slightest spending reductions 'painful', we will say 'If government spending prevents pain, why are we suffering so much of it?' And 'If you want to experience real pain, just stay on the track we are on.'
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[Obama's reelection] would subject the country to what might be a fatal last dose of statism.
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