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Happiness, For Me, Is A Function Of The Number Of People I Love, And I Think Joy And Happiness Is Directly Related To How Many People Are In Our Lives And How Deeply We Are Bonded With Those People. And So I'm Happy If I'm With Ann; I'm Happier If I'm Also With My Family And My Grandchildren.

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Mitt Romney

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Happiness, For Me, Is A Function Of The Number Of People I Love, And I Think Joy And Happiness Is Directly Related To How Many People Are In Our Lives And How Deeply We Are Bonded With Those People. And So I'm Happy If I'm With Ann; I'm Happier If I'm Also With My Family And My Grandchildren.

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I Did Not Direct Any Of My Investments Nor Did I Know Of These Investments.

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If I'm The Godfather Of [obamacare], Then It Gives Me The Right To Kill It.

I Understand The Impact Of Those Kinds Of Factors On Job Creation. I Will Have A Very Different Policy. My Policy On Energy Is To Take Advantage Of Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, As Well As Our Renewables, And Nuclear - Make America The Largest Energy Producer In The World.

Donald Trump Creates Scapegoats In Muslims And Mexican Immigrants. He Calls For The Use Of Torture. He Calls For Killing The Innocent Children And Family Members Of Terrorists. He Cheers Assaults On Protesters. He Applauds The Prospect Of Twisting The Constitution To Limit First Amendment Freedom Of The Press. This Is The Very Brand Of Anger That Has Led Other Nations Into The Abyss.

I Very Firmly Believe That We Have To Make Sure That We Enforce Our Borders, That We Have An Employment Verification System, And That Those People Who Have Come Here Illegally Do Not Get An Advantage To Become Permanent Residents, They Do Not Get A Special Pathway.

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...

Culture, What You Believe, What You Value, How You Live Matters. Now, As Fundamental As These Principles Are, They May Become Topics Of Democratic Debates From Time To Time, So It Is Today With The Enduring Institution Of Marriage. Marriage Is A Relationship Between A Man And A Woman.

This Is A Time Of Great Challenges For America, And I Pray That The President Will Be Successful In Guiding Our Nation.

China Can Be Our Partner, But That Doesn't Mean They Can Just Roll All Over Us And Steal Our Jobs On An Unfair Basis.

Religious Liberty Is The First Freedom In Our Constitution. And Whether The Cause Is Justice For The Persecuted, Compassion For The Needy And The Sick, Or Mercy For The Child Waiting To Be Born, There Is No Greater Force For Good In The Nation Than Christian Conscience In Action.

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.

He's A Wealthy Man, A Very Wealthy Man. If You Have A Half A Million-dollar Purchase From Tiffany's, You're Not A Middle-class American.

America Can Compete With Anyone In The World As Long As The Playing Field Is Level. China's Been Cheating Over The Years. One By Holding Down The Value Of Their Currency. Number Two, By Stealing Our Intellectual Property; Our Designs, Our Patents, Our Technology. We Will Have To Have People Play On A Fair Basis.

Barack Obama Is Facing A Financial Emergency On A Grander Scale. Yet His Approach Has Been To Engage In One Of The Biggest Peacetime Spending Binges In American History.

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