Famous Quotes By Mitt Romney

About Mitt Romney -

Lived:	March 12, 1947 –
Known To Be:	American Politician, Nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election, Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, Management Consultant, Venture Capitalist
Wiki Link:	Mitt Romney
Alma mater:	Stanford University, Brigham Young University, Harvard University (J.D./M.B.A.)

Famous Quotes By Mitt Romney

Quotes By Mitt Romney -

1. All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family - and God's love - this world would be a far more gentle and better place.
2. America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.
3. And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.
4. And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.
10. 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.
11. Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.
12. 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.
13. Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.
14. Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.
21. I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.
22. 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.
23. I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.
24. I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.
25. 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.
26. I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.
27. If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.
28. Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.
29. Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.
30. Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future.
31. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.
32. It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.
33. It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.
34. It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!
35. Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.
36. Make no mistake, in this campaign, I will offer the American ideals of economic freedom a clear and unapologetic defense.
37. 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.
38. Men and women of every faith and good people with none at all sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life.
39. Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.
40. Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.
41. My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.
42. My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.
43. My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.
44. 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.
45. No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. On one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, President Obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. He forced through Obama-care and I will repeal it.
49. Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.
50. 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.
51. Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.
52. People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.
53. Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.
54. 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.
55. President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.
56. 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.
57. 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!
58. 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.
59. Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.
60. 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.
61. The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.
62. The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.
63. The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.
64. 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.
65. The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.
66. The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.
67. The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market.
68. 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.
69. Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.
70. 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.
71. This President takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe we look to the cities and small towns of America. This President puts his faith in government. We put our faith in the American people.
72. 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.
73. Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.
74. Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business.
75. We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.
76. We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.
77. We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.
78. We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.
79. What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record? What does it say about the fiction of old liberalism to insist that good jobs and good schools and good wages will result
80. When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'
81. When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.
82. You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.