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Governor of Indiana

Mike Pence, born on June 7, 1959, is an American politician who served as the Governor of Indiana. Known for his conservative stance, Pence advocates for tax cuts, opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure as governor, Pence pushed for various policy reforms in Indiana, including educational reforms and tax reductions.

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“I just have a heart filled with gratitude for a wonderful family. My wife, Karen, is the love of my life, and she campaigned with me virtually every day of 130-some odd days of the campaign trail, as did our daughter, Charlotte, traveled all over the country with us. But my son, who just got married to his college sweetheart, and our youngest daughter - just am grateful for a family that has supported me in my calling to public service.”

“I'm truly grateful for the opportunities the people of Columbus and the people of Indiana have given me to serve.”

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“I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's [Donald Trump] agenda and to hopefully play some small role in making America great again.”

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“I am going to be using Ronald Reagan's Bible [during swearing-in]. But I'm also going to be using one of our personal Bibles from home; it'll be different than the one I used when I was inaugurated as governor.”

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“I've asked Justice Clarence Thomas to administer the Oath of Office, which I'm incredibly honored that he accepted as he's in his 25th year on the Supreme Court and has developed an extraordinary judicial record.”

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“I just think to be in that place, to be surrounded as I will and for my brief moment in the inauguration ceremony by my wife and by my children and my daughter-in-law, with family looking on from behind us in the platform and many Hoosiers coming to be out in the crowds, I expect - it's again, it will be very, very humbling.”

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“Growing up I used to ... one of my heroes growing up was President John F. Kennedy. And I actually have a memory box from when I was a little where I saved articles about President Kennedy. He was a real hero.”

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“I think I would always tell school kids that, you know, they'd say, "When did you get interested in politics?" I said, "Just very young." Maybe it was because President [J.F.] Kennedy was the first Irish-Catholic president."”

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“We had a picture of the pope and President [J.F.] Kennedy on top of the television.”

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“One of my earliest memories was President [J.F.] Kennedy's funeral. I actually remember sitting on the floor in the living room looking at our black-and-white television and watching the caisson roll by and hearing the clip-clop of the horses. It's actually one of my earliest memories.”

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“I always tell people, you know, [J.F.Kennedy's] grandfather was born in Ireland and he was Irish-Catholic, and I thought, so maybe I could someday try do what he did.”

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“[J.F Kennedy] was a congressman and a senator and he would go on to be president. I had that idea as a little boy, and I used to joke to people but nobody told me that his father was ambassador to England and that he was a war hero, and he was, you know.”

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“This grandson of an Irish immigrant, after whom I was named, Richard Michael Cawley is my grandfather. I was right that - and I always tell kids that, you know, if my small life represents anything is that if you work hard, you study hard, and you never give up on your dreams and listen to people that care about, you can live those dreams. And for me to be up on the platform standing with my right hand in the air in the presence of my family and our new president [Donald Trump], it just tells me this is a great country. My grandfather was right.”

“Calls to ban Muslims from entering the US are offensive and unconstitutional.”

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“Iran would do well to look at the calendar and realize there's a new president in the Oval Office. And Iran would do well not to test the resolve of this new president [Donald Trump].”

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“Let's recognize that, the Houthi rebels in Yemen are fully subsidized by Iran.”

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“President Trump's made it clear that his administration is going to put the safety and security of the American people first.”

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“There's simply no question under "The Constitution," and, frankly, under federal law, that the president of the United States has the authority, in the interest of national security, to determine who has the right to come into this country.”

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“I think the generosity of President Trump's spirit, recognizing that in the patriot's heart, there's no room for prejudice is part of who this president is.”

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“The focus of President Trump's administration will continue to be to have a safer America, to have a more prosperous America, and to continue to advance the president's agenda, both on Capitol Hill and through executive action and carry that message all across the country.”

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“President Trump is bringing a very candid - and direct type of leadership to the White House. And in conversations with leaders around the world, frankly, I think they all find it very refreshing.”

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“Russia has a common interest in confronting radical Islamic terrorism and especially ISIS. And if we have opportunities to work together I think President Trump is looking for an opportunity to begin that relationship anew.”

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“What you have in President Trump is someone who is willing to, and is, in fact, engaging the world, including Russia, and saying, where can we find common interests that will advance the security of the American people, the peace and prosperity of the world? And he is determined to come at that in a new and renewed way.”

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“I believe that the ideals that America has stood for throughout our history represent the highest ideals of humankind.”

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“Every American, including our president, represents that we uphold the highest ideals of the world.”

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“American ideals are superior to countries all across the world.”

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“What Donald Trump is determined to do, as someone who has spent a lifetime looking for deals, is to see if we can have a new relationship with Russia and other countries that advances the interests of America first and the peace and security of the world.”

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“Unlike the former Soviet Union that respected the strength of West, Putin's Russia ignores talk of sanctions, claims land, and supports rebels in Ukraine with impunity.”

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“You either choose to view America as the shining city on the hill that inspires the best in all mankind, or you don't.”

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“The truth is you cannot command the respect of the world when you spend years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. Lecturing the American people about the Crusades while refusing to call Islamic extremism by name is an abdication of leadership.”

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“General [Michael] Flynn has been in touch with diplomatic leaders, security leaders in some 30 countries. That's exactly what the incoming national security advisor should do.”

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“The promise to share the burden of our defense has gone unfulfilled for too many for too long, and it erodes the very foundation of NATO.”

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“From the heart, there is no place in America for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism.”

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“I have long been a supporter of a free and independent press and I always will be. But with freedom comes responsibility.”

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“We provide an enormous amount of resources, particularly with regard to military resources, to countries all over the world. And in many cases, those countries are not compensating the American taxpayer for the commitment that we're making to their security.”

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“Donald Trump has made it clear, he wants to make a priority of national security, rebuilding our military, but he wants to do it in a fiscally responsible way.”

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“Donald Trump has got a big heart. He loves his family, he loves America.”

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“We're going to rebuild America with American workers and American tools.”

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“I think Abraham Lincoln said believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.”

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“I've never seen the kind of enthusiasm at the grassroots that I see campaigning with or for Donald Trump.”

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“The American people, I think, are tired of being told. They're tired of being told this is as good as it gets. They're tired of being told, like Ronald Reagan used to say, that little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives better for us than we can plan them for ourselves.”

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“Donald Trump has made an incredible connection with everyday Americans.”

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“There's two ways you can defeat your opponent, number one, is you can defeat 'em outright, or number two, you can just demoralize them.”

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“I think people are tuning out the political class, tuning out the national media, and the American people are just gonna - we're just gonna demand government as good as our people again.”

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“I really couldn't be more excited about the opportunity that we have with the new president to really turn this country around and get the economy moving again and have America standing tall again, home and abroad, to make America great again.”

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“I and Trump were raised to believe that to whom much is given, much will be required. And so for the president-elect that meant that what - he describes himself this way, the kid from Queens would go to Manhattan Island and build the big buildings.”

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“Trump and I have a lot in common, and that is a belief in the American dream because we both have lived it. I think it's what animates our president-elect more than anything else, is a belief in the boundless potential of every American to live the American dream. And, I think it comes from the fact that we both grew up in it, and both saw it. And in our own ways, we both lived it.”

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“The president-elect has set a very aggressive agenda, and I think that repealing and replacing Obamacare with the kind of health care reform that'll lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government will be job one.”

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“Everything I am, everything I'll ever be, I owe to my family, to God's grace and to the people of Indiana.”

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“I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's agenda and to hopefully play some small role in making America great again.”

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Born: June 7, 1959
Known for: Governor of Indiana
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