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Paul Ryan

By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nations history, the Presidents policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future. – Paul Ryan

What Im concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control. – Paul Ryan

Thats what we do in this country. Thats the American Dream. Thats freedom, and Ill take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners. – Paul Ryan

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think hed be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because Im sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin. – Paul Ryan

Exploiting peoples emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, its not change, its partisanship. We dont need partisanship. We dont need demagoguery, we need solutions. – Paul Ryan

So heres the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years? – Paul Ryan

Hope and change? Were not doing that anymore. Theyre doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track. – Paul Ryan

I dont want to get into the whos a hostage-taker discussion here, but what is the estate tax? Its a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that its really not a tax that soaks the rich, but its a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. – Paul Ryan

Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasnt just a new livelihood. It was a new life. – Paul Ryan

Behind every small business, theres a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores – these didnt come out of nowhere. – Paul Ryan

What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, Im a numbers guy, thats my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and Im in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. Thats exactly what I should be doing. – Paul Ryan

President Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All hes offering is more of the same. Thats not good. Look at the economy. Its stagnating. And so, what theyre now going to try and do is bring this campaign down to little things, distractions, distortions, smear, fear, anger, frustration. – Paul Ryan

Were saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors whove already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation. – Paul Ryan

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups. – Paul Ryan

I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. – Paul Ryan

And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. – Paul Ryan

And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them. – Paul Ryan

If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already. – Paul Ryan

And to this day, my Mom is my role model. – Paul Ryan

What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief. – Paul Ryan