We believe we have an obligation, a duty, to offer another way forward. To offer an alternative. Paul Ryan More Quotes by Paul Ryan More Quotes From Paul Ryan I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old - and I know that we are ready. Paul Ryan opportunitychildrenamerica We're just not ready for the retirement of the Baby Boomers. And we'd better prepare for that. Paul Ryan readyretirementbaby There are various different kinds of conservatives and different kinds of Republicans. We all come from different corners of our party. The key here is not only to unify and merge these approaches, but to also invite everyone else in America to get us focused on our solutions. Paul Ryan partykeysamerica Our rights come from nature and God, not government. Paul Ryan god-and-naturegovernmentrights 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 agencygovernmentlaw There are instances in which American interests align with Russia and there are those where they don't. And so the question is, can we help steer Russia to being something that doesn't conflict with our interests and something that - and a country that aligns with our interests? Paul Ryan russiahelpingcountry Let's pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt that will cost $5 trillion today. And then let's pass a bill the next day to cancel that bill. We could save $5 trillion. Paul Ryan next-daypoliticalmoon If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand. Paul Ryan viewstryinggiving It's a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and of the concepts of liberty, freedom, and self-determination. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of economics. He (Obama) believes that the pie is fixed and that he needs to more equitably divide up the slices. Paul Ryan determinationselfbelieve Under the Barack Obama rules, if you wanted to help the military, if you wanted a pay raise for the soldiers, if you wanted to buy new airplanes and new ships and more munitions, a dollar for that, you had to have a dollar domestic spending. We just broke that parity. That's the biggest victory we could have had: $25 billion year over year for our military, to begin to rebuild our military, without that kind of corresponding increase in domestic discretionary spending. Paul Ryan airplanemilitarysoldier We will not try to replace our founding principles, we will reapply our founding principles. Paul Ryan foundingprinciplestrying There's a gaping difference between the United States of America and Putin's Russia. Paul Ryan russiadifferencesamerica The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this. Paul Ryan together-we-cansafetycountry I think conservatives should be confident in our beliefs and go push them everywhere we can and go to non-traditional communities. It's a no-brainer. Paul Ryan communitybeliefthinking Life is short, you better make the most of it. Paul Ryan life-is-shortlife-is There are people in communities who are actually out there fighting poverty eye-to-eye, soul-to-soul, in neighborhoods that actually do well, that succeed. But for government, I think in many cases, they could do more. Paul Ryan fightingeyethinking Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It's absolutely unacceptable. Paul Ryan racejobsthinking I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of our liberties. Paul Ryan libertygovernmentbelieve The appointment of a special counsel, I think, helps assure people and the Justice Department that they are going to go do their jobs independently and thoroughly, which is what we called for all along. Paul Ryan justicepeoplethinking To borrow a phrase from my friend Erskine Bowles on the Fiscal Commission, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. That means America is still a step ahead of the European nations who are confronting a debt crisis, of Japan that's in its second lost decade. Paul Ryan horsecrisismean
