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But Ours Was Intended To Be A Citizen Government. It Is What Of, By And For The People Means. And When Our Most Important Issue In California Is The Creation Of Jobs, I Think It's Quite Helpful To Have Someone In The U.s. Senate Or In The Governor's Seat Who Actually Knows Where Jobs Come From.

-Carly Fiorina

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But Ours Was Intended To Be A Citizen Government. It Is What Of, By And For The People Means. And When Our Most Important Issue In California Is The Creation Of Jobs, I Think It's Quite Helpful To Have Someone In The U.s. Senate Or In The Governor's Seat Who Actually Knows Where Jobs Come From.

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Independent Women

When Our Embassy Is Attacked In Benghazi By Terrorists And There Is No Response, You Get More Bad Behavior. When Russia Invades Ukraine And There Is No Response, You Get More Bad Behavior. When Syria Crosses The Red Line And There Is No Response, You Get More Bad Behavior. When Iran Launches Tests Of Ballistic Missiles And There Is No Response, You Get More Bad Behavior. When North Korea Attacks Sony Pictures And There Is No Response, You Get More Bad Behavior. In Other Words, Mrs. Clinton, You Cannot Lead From Behind. We Must Respond When We Are Attacked Or Provoked.

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I Know Why Jobs Go, And I Know Why They Come.

What Happens When You Have Vast Legislative Overreach Is You Don't Particularly Fix The Problem You Started Out To Fix But Create Problems For Everyone Else.

To Wage War, We Need A Commander In Chief Who Has Made Tough Calls In Tough Times And Stood Up To Be Held Accountable Over And Over, Not First-term Senators Who've Never Made An Executive Decision In Their Life.

The Only Way To Reduce Our National Debt Is To Grow The Economy And Cut Spending. We Have No Idea How Our Money Is Being Spent. As President, I Will Move All Agencies To Zero-based Budgeting So That Every Agency Has To Justify Every Dollar That They Spend.

I Will Force Hillary Clinton To Fight On The Ground Of Her Foreign Policy Mistakes.

I Have Very Eclectic Tastes.

We Must Fix Our Broken Education System. Every Parent Deserves A Choice As To How To Best Educate Their Children So That Every Child Has A Chance To Fulfill Their Potential.

I Know Vladimir Putin. He Respects Strength. He Lied To Our President's [barack Obama] Face; Didn't Both To Tell Him About Warplanes And Troops Going Into Syria. We Need To Speak To Him From A Position Of Strength.

Life Is Not Measured In Time, But In Love, Contribution, And Grace.

Hillary Clinton Wants To Run On The Historic Nature Of Her Candidacy. I Will Force Her To Run On Accountability For The Clinton Way.

We Need A Different Kind Of Leadership In The White House That Understands How To Get Bureaucracies Competent Again.

I Was Naming The Five Warriors Of Our Generation Who Have Experience, Four Out Of Five I Would Argue Were Retired Early Out Of The [barack] Obama Administration Because They Said Things The Obama Administration Didn't Particularly Want To Hear.

I Think Bolstering Free Trade Is A Boon To The Dollar.

The Difference Between People Who Succeed And People Who Fail, I Think In Many Cases It’s Not Fear. Everyone Experiences Fear. The Difference Is What Do You Do With Your Fear. Do You Work To Overcome It Or Do You Let It Defeat You? And I Think That Is Actually What Distinguishes Very Successful People From Others.

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