I think you elect the person to be president, we've had bachelors before in the White House. Rick Santorum More Quotes by Rick Santorum More Quotes From Rick Santorum I understand why Barack Obama wants to send every kid to college, because of their indoctrination mills, absolutely ... The indoctrination that is going on at the university level is a harm to our country. Rick Santorum collegecountrykids CO2 is a pollutant? Tell that to the plants. Rick Santorum co2plant Higher income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to. Rick Santorum incomewantpeople This is the beauty of Donald Trump, that he goes against the Republican orthodoxy, much of which has been rejected a lot of Republican voters, who, well, would be Republican voters, at least in my state, who I think would otherwise like to vote Republican. Rick Santorum orthodoxyvotersthinking The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is. 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Rick Santorum slippery-slopepandoras-boxboxes I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money. Rick Santorum opportunitygivingpeople Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's mourned today, because of that struggle that he performed I mean, what he was advocating for was not necessarily the right answer, but he was fighting against some great injustice, and I would make the argument that we have a great injustice going on right now in this country with an ever-increasing size of government that is taking over and controlling people's lives, and Obamacare is front and center in that. Rick Santorum strugglemeancountry The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is what the perception is by the American Left who hates Christendom... What I'm talking about is onward American soldiers. What we're talking about are core American values. Rick Santorum hatefightingtalking I've had the opportunity to spend some time with Donald Trump. He is - he - as you can imagine, I mean, he's a very engaging man. He's - he puts on an image as a lot of candidates and I think all of us do when we're in front of a microphone that's really tough and combative. Rick Santorum menmeanthinking
