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
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People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That's what makes America work.
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The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that.
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I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.
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One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a libertarianish right . . . This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do . . . Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world . . .
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The administration I think has been very forthright...I think they had the best information that they thought was reliable at the time the president said it.
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I intend to carefully review the nominee's credentials and assess her qualifications and commitment to the rule of law.
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I have six children ages 4-14. And the idea of coming off a race of the intensity that I am engaged in at this point and turning around and running another two-year campaign for president is not something that I believe is in the best interest of my family,
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I'm probably known most by the work I do in Washington on the big issues of the day and I'm criticized sometimes for taking on the big issues of the day like Social Security,
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I have no problem with homosexuality. I have a problem with homosexual acts.
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take affirmative action to identify and permanently locate an optimum number of C-130 aircraft as a detachment to the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Center.
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They'll go to any extent to try to avoid ... any discussion about shrinking the size of government. Being more responsible with the taxpayers' dollars is just so painful that they had to go into private session to recoup and come out again hopefully soon so we can get back to the business at hand,
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We see it day in, day out around here. There is no agenda, there are no solutions to problems, there's no trying to get our fiscal house in order. Whatever it is, whatever the issue is, it just keeps snapping back. This, I understand, was particularly painful - talking about shrinking this government and doing ... less with more,
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We need to get the regular team out of there, and someone who is going to be there for the long term, in there. (That person) would most likely be head of this new organization that would be set up to help the recovery effort,