“Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.”
— Paul Ryan
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If borrowing and spending all this money
“If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already.”
— Paul Ryan
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Class is not a fixed designation in
“Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.”
— Paul Ryan
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When I was waiting tables, washing dishes,
“When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.”
— Paul Ryan
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The belief that recipients of government aid
“The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.”
— Paul Ryan
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And if small businesspeople say they made
“And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them.”
— Paul Ryan
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We believe that the government has an
“We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility.”
— Paul Ryan
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When I was waiting tables, washing dishes,
“When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.”
— Paul Ryan
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In a clean break from the Obama
“In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.”
— Paul Ryan
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We wonder if we will be the
“We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited.”
— Paul Ryan
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The work ahead will be hard. These
“The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us – all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this.”
— Paul Ryan
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