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Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

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Mitt Romney
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 12
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I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.
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As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014. I will evaluate conditions on the ground and solicit the best advice of our military commanders. And I will affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects, but to the security of the nation.
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Neil Armstrong today takes his place in the hall of heroes. The moon will miss its first son of earth.
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I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and localities do that.
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I bathe in statistics.
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Ending illegal immigration only strengthens legal immigration.
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One simple rule: no amnesty, no special pathway to citizenship.
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I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.
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It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.
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Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.
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I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed ... I'm networking. I have my sight on a particular job.
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I absolutely believe that America has a responsibility, and the privilege of helping defend freedom and promote the principles that make the world more peaceful. And those principles include human rights, human dignity, free enterprise, freedom of expression, elections.
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In America, we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success.
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I supported the assault weapon ban.
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The greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat is a nuclear Iran.
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It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.
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There are a number of things that sound good, but frankly, we just can't afford them. And Obamacare doesn't sound good and it's not affordable.
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The middle income families in America have been crushed over the last four years.
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Growing our economy means allowing individuals, and particularly those in the middle class, to be able to keep more of their money. It also means that people in the middle class and modest incomes to be able to pay for their retirement, to get a down payment for a home, to send a child to college.
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He's a wealthy man, a very wealthy man. If you have a half a million-dollar purchase from Tiffany's, you're not a middle-class American.
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