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I looked at No Child Left Behind after it was enacted and saw what happened and saw the expansion of the federal government and the role of education. And I said, you know, that was - that's not what I believe in.

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Rick Santorum
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 10
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The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time.
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Yeah, remember, under the Bush administration, welfare — I mean, excuse me, poverty among African Americans and among single unmarried women, poverty was at the lowest rate ever in the history of this country. So Obama’s policies are not working, Bush polices worked! For long a time as a matter of fact.
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And yet we have brave men and women who are willing to step forward because they know what's at stake. They're willing to sacrifice their lives for this great country. What I'm asking all of you tonight is not to put on a uniform. Put on a bumper sticker.
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But look what happens when the government gives you rights. When the government gives you rights, unlike when God gives you rights, the government can take them away. When government gives you rights, the government can tell you how to exercise those rights.
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CO2 is a pollutant? Tell that to the plants.
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One of the things that I realize is that if you look at big business, I mean, they - and what they fund and what they do, they don't really - they don't fund the small non-profit community-based organizations that really are out there on the front lines helping people. They fund the big philanthropies. They're safe.
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One of Governor Romney's aides today on television said that Governor Romney, after he wins the primaries, will be like an [Etch A Sketch] - you take whatever he said and you can shake it up and it will be gone, and he's going to draw a whole new picture for the general election.
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You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone whos just going to be a little different than the person in there. If youre going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future.
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The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire.
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Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.
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If everyone is exceptional, nobody is exceptional.
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One of my opponents [Romney] recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary. I agree with him.
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George W. Bush is the first Catholic president of the United States.
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We’ve seen with this president, experience matters. When that phone call comes at three o’clock in the morning, I will be up and ready for the call because I will know what’s going on in the world around us.
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When I say things like 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman,' I'm called a bigot.
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There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded.
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The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness.
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We are seeing it. We are seeing the fabric of this country fall apart, and it’s falling apart because of single moms.
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Everybody knows full well my passion about defeating Barack Obama. Over my dead body would I vote for Barack Obama.
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I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.
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