Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorinais an American businessperson and political candidate. Fiorina is known primarily for her tenure as the Chief Executive Officerof Hewlett-Packard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 September 1954
CityAustin, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.
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The highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great nation and unlock its potential once again.
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I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
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People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running, with perhaps the exception of Hillary Clinton.
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I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.
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I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.
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I understand how bureaucracies work. And that's important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy.
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Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class.
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Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you thought would be resolved - the political class has failed you.
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Every job is important because each one represents an American's livelihood and ability to raise a family. Yet spending our time building walls around America will do nothing to help us compete for the millions of new jobs being created.
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I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.
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I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.
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Russia - having sat across the table from Vladimir Putin, it's pretty clear when you meet him that he has an almost limitless ambition for power. And he's been very good at acquiring it - political power, economic power, military power, territorial power.