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from Speech at 2008 CPAC conference (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Mike Pence: Commit to unalienable right to life, including the unborn. John McCain: Pro-life and an advocate for the Rights of Man everywhere. Mike Huckabee: Will lead fight for constitutional ban on abortion. Ron Paul: Define life at conception in law, as scientific statement. Ron Paul: Protecting the life of the unborn is protecting liberty. |
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Budget & Economy Ron Paul: There�s payback for guns and butter. Ron Paul: Great nations and empires end for financial reasons. Ron Paul: Live within our means and start paying down the deficit now. Ron Paul: All bets are off if a cataclysmic dollar devaluation occurs. Ron Paul: We owe foreigners $2.7 trillion and more printing won�t do. Ron Paul: Stimulus package means more printing & devaluing the dollar. |
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Civil Rights Mike Pence: Future of conservatism demands traditional marriage. Ron Paul: National ID card is part of fear-based government. |
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Families & Children Mitt Romney: Child development enhanced by having a mother & father. |
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Foreign Policy George W. Bush: History�s verdict takes time to reveal itself. Mike Huckabee: Impeach judges who yield on our sovereignty. Mitt Romney: Unless US changes course, we�ll no longer be superpower. Ron Paul: Can�t spread our goodness through the barrel of a gun. |
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Government Reform Newt Gingrich: GOP wins election and then loses the government. Newt Gingrich: GOP wins election and then loses the government. Mike Pence: Campaign Finance Reform is censorship. Ron Paul: Constitution defines much smaller government. Ron Paul: Received the most campaign contributions from the military. |
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Homeland Security Dick Cheney: 6 years after 9/11, the war on terror is still real. Mitt Romney: Raise military spending to 4% of our GDP. Ron Paul: Military is not in good shape; we have a de facto draft. Ron Paul: We�re broke and we just can�t continue to police the world. |
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Immigration John McCain: Other aspects only after consensus that borders are secure. |
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Principles & Values George W. Bush: It is a privilege to see America�s greatness up close. John McCain: I�m a mainstream conservative; judge my record as a whole. John McCain: My most basic conservative principle: liberty comes from God. John McCain: This 2008 election is about hugely consequential things. Mike Huckabee: Without moral absolutes, we are lost and confused. Mike Huckabee: Childhood heroes in AR: Jesus, Elvis, and FDR. Mike Huckabee: American�s greatness is because we�re rooted in our faith. Mike Huckabee: Not exiting; I didn�t major in math; I majored in miracles. Mitt Romney: Withdrawing from race to help McCain beat Democrats. Ron Paul: We lost because we�re neither compassionate nor conservative. Ron Paul: Liberty promotes peace, and peace promotes prosperity. Ron Paul: Tyranny and inflation are ancient, Bill of Rights isn�t. |
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Tax Reform Newt Gingrich: Voted against Reagan tax increases & Bush tax increases. Ron Paul: Repeal 16th Amendment and get rid of the income tax. |
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Technology Mike Pence: Reject the censorship of the Fairness Doctrine. Mike Huckabee: Post every federal expenditure on Internet without 24 hours. |
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War & Peace Dick Cheney: Our new strategy in Iraq has succeeded by careful planning. John McCain: Costs will be far greater should we fail in Iraq. Mike Huckabee: Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth. Mitt Romney: To Jihadists, democracy is blasphemous since people make law. Ron Paul: Voted for going after Al Qaeda, not invading Iraq. Ron Paul: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11; Al Qaeda was not in Iraq. |
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Welfare & Poverty Mitt Romney: Opportunity is in our DNA; dependency is death to initiative. |
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