Quotes by

Paul Ryan

Hey, Im a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. – Paul Ryan

Thats the real secret to job creation – not borrowing and spending more money in Washington. – Paul Ryan

We need to stop spending money we dont have. – Paul Ryan

What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasnt just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. – Paul Ryan

A Romney-Ryan administration will protect and strengthen Medicare, for my Moms generation, for my generation, and for my kids and yours. – Paul Ryan

Whats missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago – isnt it about time he assumed responsibility? – Paul Ryan

We need leadership. We dont need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. – Paul Ryan

Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too, if youre feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed, your leaders have failed you. – Paul Ryan

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. Thats a layer of transparency thats sorely needed in America. – Paul Ryan

So, in Europe, theyre cutting peoples retirement and health benefits. And thats what we want to avoid from happening. Theyre raising taxes, entering a recession. Thats the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place. – Paul Ryan

This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising peoples prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs. – Paul Ryan

We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And Ive got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit youre not listening to them. – Paul Ryan

Conventional wisdom on governments role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive. – Paul Ryan

President Obamas reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government. – Paul Ryan

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if were some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. Its 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. – Paul Ryan

We believe, as our founders did, that the pursuit of happiness depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government. – Paul Ryan

Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies – an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as investment. – Paul Ryan

Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that governments role is to equalize the results of peoples lives? – Paul Ryan

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and natures God, not from government. – Paul Ryan

When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans fears about the future. – Paul Ryan