Paul Ryan Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.”

“Hiding spending does not reduce spending.”

“Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits.”

“If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.”

“Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.”

“If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.”

“We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.”

“The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.”

“The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.”

“We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.”