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A Nuclear Iran Is A - A Dramatic And - And Devastating Potential Threat To The World And To America. And - And All Our Efforts Should Be Focused On Making That Our First Priority Or Keeping Them From Having That Nuclear Capacity Our First Priority.

-Mitt Romney

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A Nuclear Iran Is

Mitt Romney

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A Nuclear Iran Is A - A Dramatic And - And Devastating Potential Threat To The World And To America. And - And All Our Efforts Should Be Focused On Making That Our First Priority Or Keeping Them From Having That Nuclear Capacity Our First Priority.

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That's A Big Lava Lamp. Congratulations.

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If You Want To Serve The Country, You Recognize It's Rough And Tumble. And It's Nothing Like Serving Your Country In The Military.

I Do Not Favor Same-sex Marriage. I Oppose Same-sex Marriage, And That Has Been My View. But, But If People Are Looking For Someone Who Will Discriminate Against Gays Or Will In Any Way Try And Suggest That People That Have Different Sexual Orientation Don't Have Full Rights In This Country, They Won't Find That In Me.

I Want To Invest In Research. Research Is Great. Providing Funding To Universities And Think Tanks Is Great. But Investing In Companies? Absolutely Not.

Republicans Should Never Abandon Pro-growth Conservative Principles In An Effort To Embrace The Ideas Of Al Gore.

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.

The Soles Of Neil Armstrong's Boots On The Moon Made Permanent Impressions On Our Souls And In Our National Psyche. Ann And I Watched Those Steps Together On Her Parent's Sofa. Like All Americans We Went To Bed That Night Knowing We Lived In The Greatest Country In The History Of The World. God Bless Neil Armstrong.

It's Not Government That Makes Business Successful. It's Not Government Investments That Makes Businesses Grow And Hire People.

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.

I Pray. Prayer Is A Time To Connect With The Divine, But Also Time, I'm Sure, To Concentrate One's Thoughts, To Meditate, And To Imagine What Might Be.

The Kids Of Those That Came Here Illegally, Those Kids, I Think, Should Have A Pathway To Become A Permanent Resident Of The United States And Military Service, For Instance, Is One Way They Would Have That Kind Of Pathway To Become A Permanent Resident.

I Think The Best Answer Is As Little As Possible.

When It Comes To Pinning Blame, Pin The Tail On The Donkeys.

Frankly, I Was Born With A Silver Spoon.

I Happen To Believe That If We Want To Replace A Lifetime Politician Like Barack Obama, Who Had No Experience Leading Anything... We've Got To Nominate A Leader If We're Going To Replace Someone Who Is Not A Leader.

We Have Made Progress From Where We Were When President Obama Took Office, When The Economy - Our Economy Had Just Contracted Almost By Nine Percent.

I'm Thinking About The People Who I Want To See Running For President. And There's Quite A Group. I Mean We Have A Very Strong Field Of Leaders Who Could Become Our Nominee And - And Could Stand Up For The Kind Of Leadership I Think America Wants.

America's Military Is Second To None In The World. We're Blessed With Terrific Soldiers, And Extraordinary Technology And Intelligence. But The Idea Of A Trillion Dollars In Cuts Through Sequestration And Budget Cuts To The Military Would Change That.

Corporations Are People, My Friend.

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.

I Like The Twilight Series. I Thought It Was Fun. I Don’t Like Vampires Personally, I Don’t Know Any; But You Know My Granddaughter Was Reading It And I Thought, Well This Looks Like Fun So I Read That.

This, In My View, Is The Highest Responsibility Of The President Of The United States, Which Is To Maintain The Safety Of The American People.

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.

You Know, Out-of-touch Liberals Like Barack Obama Say They Want A Strong Economy, But In Everything They Do, They Show They Don't Like Business Very Much. But The Economy, Of Course, Is Simply The Product Of All The Businesses Of The Nation Added Together. So It's A Bit Like Saying You Like An Omelet, But You Don't Like Eggs.

Corporations Are People, My Friend... Of Course They Are. Everything Corporations Earn Ultimately Goes To People. Where Do You Think It Goes? Whose Pockets? Whose Pockets? People's Pockets. Human Beings, My Friend.

Bottom Line Is President Obama Has Said That It Is A Top Priority Of The United States Of America To Ensure That Iran Never Achieves A Nuclear.

I Met A Guy Yesterday, 7 Feet Tall. Yeah, Handsome, Great Big Guy, 7 Feet Tall! ... I Figured He Had To Be In Sport, But He Wasn't In Sport.

Christianity Is Not The Faith Of The Complacent, The Comfortable Or Of The Timid. It Demands And Creates Heroic Souls Like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul The Second, And Billy Graham. Each Showed, In Their Own Way, The Relentless And Powerful Influence Of The Message Of Jesus Christ.

I Know What It Takes To Balance Budgets. I Have Done It My Entire Life.

I Should Tell My Story. I'm Also Unemployed ... I'm Networking. I Have My Sight On A Particular Job.

As President, I Will Create 12 Million New Jobs.

This Feels Good Being Back In Michigan. You Know, The Trees Are The Right Height.

We Do Have Tough Gun Laws In Massachusetts. I Support Them. I Won't Chip Away At Them. I Believe They Help Protect Us And Provide For Our Safety. I'm Sure My Positions Won't Make Me The Hero Of The Nra.

I'm Not Familiar Precisely With What I Said, But I'll Stand By What I Said, Whatever It Was.

Second, We Will Give Our Fellow Citizens The Skills They Need For The Jobs Of Today And The Careers Of Tomorrow. When It Comes To The School Your Child Will Attend, Every Parent Should Have A Choice, And Every Child Should Have A Chance.

People Who Are Government Servants, Public Servants, Should Not Be Paid More Than The Taxpayers Who Are Paying For It.

I Understand How Difficult It Can Be For An African-american In Today’s Society. In Fact, I Can Relate To Black People Very Well Indeed. My Ancestors Once Owned Slaves, And It Is In My Lineage To Work Closely With The Black Community. However, Just Because They Were Freed Over A Century Ago Doesn’t Mean They Can Now Be Freeloaders. They Need To Be Told To Work Hard, And The Incentives Just Aren’t There For Them Anymore. When I’m President I Plan To Work Closely With The Black Community To Bring A Sense Of Pride And Work Ethic Back Into View For Them.

I Don't Like To Have The Federal Government Start Pushing Its Weight Deeper And Deeper Into Our Schools. Let The States And Localities Do That.

It's Not Appropriate To Joke About The Ku Klux Klan.

Our Plans Protect Freedom And Opportunity, And Our Blueprint Is The Constitution Of The United States.

Freedom Requires Religion Just As Religion Requires Freedom.

I Understand What It Takes To - To Make A Bright And Prosperous Future For America Again. I - I Spent My Life In The Private Sector, Not In Government. I’m A Guy Who Wants To Help, With The Experience I Have, The American People.

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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...

I Don't Doubt For A Second That Neil Armstrong's Spirit Is Still With Us: That Unique Blend Of Optimism, Humility And The Utter Confidence That When The World Needs Someone To Do The Really Big Stuff, You Need An American.

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