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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.

“I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love.”

— Mitt Romney

Love

All Quotes by Mitt Romney

“I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.”

— Mitt Romney

Best

“President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.”

— Mitt Romney

Family

“I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“Today's misery is real unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies. This is the Obama Misery Index and its at a record high. Its going to take more than new rhetoric to put Americans back to work - its going to take a new president.”

— Mitt Romney

Home

“Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business.”

— Mitt Romney

Business

“Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.”

— Mitt Romney

Best

“Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.”

— Mitt Romney

Freedom

“Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get America energy independent.”

— Mitt Romney

Alone

“The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.”

— Mitt Romney

Government

“My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That's the position I've had for some time, and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.”

— Mitt Romney

Marriage

“Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.”

— Mitt Romney

Marriage

“President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.”

— Mitt Romney

History

“I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.”

— Mitt Romney

Time

“Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving. It is about dreams. Usually, it doesn't work out exactly as you might have imagined. Steve Jobs was fired at Apple. He came back and changed the world.”

— Mitt Romney

Business

“I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.”

— Mitt Romney

Education