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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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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In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.
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I have seen American determination in people like Debbi Sommers. She runs a furniture rental business for conventions in Las Vegas. When 9/11 hit, and again, when the recession tanked the conventions business, she didn't give up, close down, or lay off her people. She taught them not just to rent furniture, but also to manufacture it.
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The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.
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President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!
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When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.
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I'm proud to be from Massachusetts, where John Kerry will be the junior senator until 2008. You see, I don't believe Senator Kerry is the leader our country needs.
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I'm actually pleasantly surprised that we've got as much done as we've accomplished, but of course the battle continues, ... It's not a battle against anyone, it's a battle for change.
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I've got my fingers crossed that this thing is able to hold. There is every prospect that it will give way and we'll have a very significant water event.
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I've got my fingers crossed that this thing is able to hold.
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not a bad choice for his second pick.
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We expect candor and transparency from the president, from the administration.
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We're very anxious to know whether we're going to be receiving people or not,