Mitt Romney quotes

Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman, best known as a former governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Senator from Utah. He also ran as the Republican Party’s nominee for President in 2012. He is recognized for his moderate political views and commitment to public service. Here are 295 of his quotes:

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

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We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the economic superpower and military superpower of the planet. That's just not going to happen, ... We're in a position where unless we take action, we'll end up being the France of the 21st century a lot of talk, but not a lot of strength behind it in terms of economic capability.

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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.

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

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I frankly can't wait, because the idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I just can't imagine, I can't imagine the American people can imagine....

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When you have a fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly, there's no - and you can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem. So it's very dangerous....

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I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.

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I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican-that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

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In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past.

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I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

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And I hear from time to time people say, hey, wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about. But don't forget the most important civil liberty I expect from my government is my right to be kept alive, and that's what we're going to have to do.

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Choosing education is a very good decision, not only good for the student, but also for our country. The United States was the first nation in history to recognize that public education for every citizen, regardless of class or station, was vital to its future...

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We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

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America needs a president who can fix the economy because he understands the economy, and I do and I will.

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The President of the United States has long been the leader of the free world. The president and yes the nominees of the country's great parties help define America to billions of people. All of them bear the responsibility of being an example for our children and grandchildren.

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These American values, this great moral heritage, is shared and lived in my religion as it is in yours. I was taught in my home to honor God and love my neighbor. I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.

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It's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.

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I believe the family is the foundation of America -- and that we must fight to protect and strengthen it. I believe in the sanctity of human life. I believe that people and their elected representatives should make our laws, not unelected judges.

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I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

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I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world.

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Like other presidents before him, Barack Obama inherited a recession. But unlike them, he has made it worse, not better.

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We conservatives don't have a corner on saying 'no'. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

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