Donald Trump connected in ways with people no one else did. Paul Ryan More Quotes by Paul Ryan More Quotes From Paul Ryan I think it's important to not have some sort of one-size-fits-all program in Washington, which has downsides, like killing entry-level jobs. But pulling people into the workforce... Paul Ryan jobs people thinking I do politics in order to do policy. Paul Ryan policy order Donald Trump pulled off an amazing political feat. He deserves tremendous credit for that. Paul Ryan trump credit political Sovereign countries have the right, and I would argue the responsibility of securing their borders and controlling who comes and goes in their country. All sovereign countries have that right. We have not exercised that right. Paul Ryan borders responsibility country Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's 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 government believe thinking Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can't find the work they studied for, or any work at all. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years? Paul Ryan college leadership moving President Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All he's offering is more of the same. That's not good. Look at the economy. It's stagnating. And so, what they're now going to try and do is bring this campaign down to little things, distractions, distortions, smear, fear, anger, frustration. Paul Ryan frustration anger running We don't want insurance companies becoming monopolies looking for favoritism in a cronyistic way at Washington. We want health insurers, hospitals, doctors, all providers of health care benefits competing against each other for our business as consumers. Paul Ryan doctors becoming way Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget. Paul Ryan cutting talking mean We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds. Paul Ryan jobs believe commitment 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 government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives? Paul Ryan government opportunity believe We have a massive heroin opioid epidemic problem in America, part of that is because of drugs coming from the cartels from the south. Paul Ryan epidemics drug america Having what I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare. Paul Ryan growth successful helping Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. Paul Ryan independence government rights We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency... Paul Ryan hammocks safety people In America, we have a bifurcated country, we have a polarized country. One of the reasons I think it's polarized is because of identity politics on the left. Paul Ryan identity-politics country thinking Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth. Paul Ryan economic growth problem We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. Paul Ryan pursuit-of-happiness government believe When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates. Paul Ryan math giving country We agree with that goal [to secure our border] and will be working with [Donald Trump] to finance on construction of the physical barrier, including the wall on the southern border. The law is already on the books. I voted for it, like, ten years ago, but nothing has gotten done and now we have a president who actually wants to secure the border and we are all in favor of doing that. Paul Ryan wall book years
