Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romneyis an American businessman and politician who served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 March 1947
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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I am pleased that the compromise amendment before the Constitutional Convention was defeated. Now, we can work to put on the ballot a simpler amendment that simply defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
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The dam looks like it is going to imminently burst, ... At this stage, all we can do is wait and keep our fingers crossed.
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I would like the right to be able to represent the people and my own office before the courts of Massachusetts on an important matter such as the one that we're referring to today,
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It was a very heartwarming experience for the survivors and the volunteers.
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Kids in our urban schools, most of them minorities, are not succeeding at anywhere near the rate of their counterparts in the suburbs. And let me be clear: the failure of our urban schools to prepare our children today for the challenges of tomorrow is the civil rights issue of our generation.
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I was born in the middle of the century in the middle of the country, a classic Baby Boomer.
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I was disappointed that people who represent drunk drivers watered down a drunk-driving bill,
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I'd like my grandkids to be able to watch PBS. But I'm not willing to borrow money from China, and make my kids have to pay the interest on that, and my grandkids, over generations, as opposed to saying to PBS, 'Look, you're going to have to raise more money from charitable contributions or from advertising.'
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move into the next area of education reform.
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These are individuals who have not been screened or taken to other emergency shelters. In some cases, they have been plucked from the water or rooftops.
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Our employer sector does not need additional taxation, and the promise of health insurance for everyone does not require new tax revenue, ... I don't want at this point to be issuing ultimatums. I think people know where I stand on taxes however.
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Consulting offered me an opportunity to see a lot of different businesses in different regions of the world, to see how textiles were being affected by foreign competition, how technology was changing.
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The 21st century can and must be an American century. It began with terror, war, and economic calamity. It is our duty to steer it onto the path of freedom, peace, and prosperity.
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I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.