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Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney (born 1947) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts and as a U.S. Senator from Utah. He was the Republican nominee for President in 2012. Before entering politics, Romney co-founded Bain Capital, one of the most successful private equity firms in the country.

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“Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

All Quotes by Mitt Romney

“I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time.”

— Mitt Romney

Business

“The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall,' a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.”

— Mitt Romney

Leadership

“Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States.”

— Mitt Romney

Time

“Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.”

— Mitt Romney

Money

“And that's how it is in America. We look to our communities, our faiths, our families for our joy, our support, in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives.”

— Mitt Romney

Good

“My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.”

— Mitt Romney

Dad

“Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!' So here we stand. Americans have a choice.”

— Mitt Romney

Family

“The Cuban people still live in constant fear of a brutal totalitarian regime that has demonstrated time and again its utter disregard for basic human dignity. The fight for a free Cuba has gone on for far too long.”

— Mitt Romney

Fear

“This is the America that I love. This is a great people. We can do anything. We can achieve anything. We've got a government that has gotten in the way of the American people. We're going to change that in November.”

— Mitt Romney

Change

“And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people.”

— Mitt Romney

Great

“It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.”

— Mitt Romney

Best

“Julia progresses from cradle to grave, showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy, high unemployment, falling wages, rising gas prices, the national debt, the insolvency of entitlements - all these are fictionally assumed away in a cartoon that is produced by a president who wants us to forget about them.”

— Mitt Romney

Good

“President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!”

— Mitt Romney

Money

“Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.”

— Mitt Romney

Strength