Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
Richard John "Rick" Santorum, SMOMis an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvaniaand was the Senate's third-ranking Republican. He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to the eventual Republican nominee Mitt Romney...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 May 1958
CityWinchester, VA
CountryUnited States of America
every issue that we deal with in this country has a moral component to it. And so, to divorce a moral component to the debt burden we're leaving the next generation, the tax structure to how we spend our money in Washington, and how we - you know, how we value human life - I mean, all of those things, to me interrelate. They're not - they're not separate issues.
One of the things that I realize is that if you look at big business, I mean, they - and what they fund and what they do, they don't really - they don't fund the small non-profit community-based organizations that really are out there on the front lines helping people. They fund the big philanthropies. They're safe.
America's honor, your honor is at stake. Go out and preserve the greatest country in the history of the world.
Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them.
I'm one of the few people up here who actually believes that we need a level playing field when it comes to manufacturing. That means a good tax code, a good regulatory environment, low energy prices, better opportunities for workers to get training.
I cleaned toilets and shined shoes.
When I say things like 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman,' I'm called a bigot.
There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded.
I'm a capitalist, not a corporatist. I'm not someone who believes we should be bailing out corporations whether their auto industries, or banks.
My feeling is, well, if it's my money, I have a right to judge.
The question is - and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer - is that human life a person under the Constitution? And Barack Obama says no. Well if that person - human life is not a person, then - I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, 'We're going to decide who are people and who are not people.'
I smoked pot and that was something that I did when I was in college It was something that I'm not proud of, but I did.
We need to have a president that's going to pledge, as I have - I'm going to make America the number-one manufacturer so working men and women can have good paying jobs again in America.
I support the Ryan budget plan. I think it’s the right direction on the major points. I can’t say I’ve read all of it, but on the major thrust of what he’s doing, I support what he wants to do with Medicare, Medicaid. The only thing I would do, frankly, as I’ve said publicly many times, I think we should implement a lot of these things sooner than what he’s suggesting.