Our two party platforms were emphatic about Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. For the Obama administration to remove this language from the Democratic Party platform drives a wedge into one of the few issues that our two parties agreed on. Paul Ryan More Quotes by Paul Ryan More Quotes From Paul Ryan I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be. Paul Ryan polls principles should What's 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 - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility? Paul Ryan responsibility leadership men By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nation's history, the President's policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future. Paul Ryan failing president children While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance sheet. Conservatives have made certain of that. Paul Ryan responsibility challenges math Let's show America our best and nothing less! Paul Ryan shows america That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington. Paul Ryan real secret jobs Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you. Paul Ryan political party people 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 emotional play ideas People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous. Paul Ryan reform winning people What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. Paul Ryan taxpayers stimulus debt The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. Paul Ryan government belief matter That's what we do in this country. That's the American Dream. That's freedom, and I'll take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners. Paul Ryan supervision dream country Moving from an opposition party to a governing party comes with growing pains. And, well, we're feeling those growing pains today. Doing big things is hard. All of us. All of us, myself included, we will need time to reflect on how we got to this moment, what we could have done to do it better. Paul Ryan pain party moving We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric. Paul Ryan rhetoric partisans solutions Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society. Paul Ryan ongoing government trying We want American families to feel more confident in life. We want the next generation to know that yes, the best days of this country are still ahead of us. Paul Ryan generations want country And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. Paul Ryan elderly obamacare play When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do. Paul Ryan tickets done said I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is that kind of place. Paul Ryan block grew-up kind I feel very strongly about making work pay, about getting people transitioned from welfare to work. Get people skills they need, help they need, so they can get on the ladder of life. Paul Ryan skills people needs