“Well, higher-income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to because they can move their money somewhere else, they can move their investments. They can stop investing. They can stop working. They don't need to work. They're higher-income people.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsWellsMovingValuesPayHigherTaxesInvestmentInvestingConservativeIncomeSomewhere ElseConservative Values Author:Rick Santorum
“The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion.” PeopleWellsEndsReasonEnoughBigsTodayAmericaYoungThreeSocialSupportTroubleSecurityThirdsWorkersAbortionPregnancySocial SecurityAmerica Today Author:Rick Santorum
“Everybody knows full well my passion about defeating Barack Obama. Over my dead body would I vote for Barack Obama.” KnowsWellsBodyPassionVoteBarackMy Passion Author:Rick Santorum
“I grew up in a steel town of Western Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh, and when I announced for president, I announced from the factory floor. When I talk about making America the number one manufacturer again in the world, it's not just talk. When I talk about having the opportunity for people to rise again, it's not just because it polls well.” PeopleWorldWellsAmericaOpportunityPresidentNumbersGrewGrew UpTownsWesternFactoriesSteelPollsPennsylvaniaPittsburgh Author:Rick Santorum
“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.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensStatesWould BeTrumpRepublicanVoteVotersRejectedOrthodoxy Author:Rick Santorum
“My feeling is, well, if it's my money, I have a right to judge.” IfsWellsFeelingsJudging Author:Rick Santorum
“The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families.” IfsFirstsWellsTwoGovernmentParentBreakEconomyConsequenceBiggerNeighborhoodBreaking DownBreakdown Author:Rick Santorum
“Who are benefits promised to, overwhelmingly? Well, they're promised to older people. And if you have a society like Europe that is upside down where there are a lot more older people than younger people, you have economic calamity.” PeopleIfsWellsEconomicBenefitsEuropeCalamityUpside DownOlder People Author:Rick Santorum
“Marriage is what marriage is... It’s like going out and saying, ‘That tree is a car.’ Well, the tree’s not a car. A tree’s a tree. Marriage is marriage.” WellsTreeCarElectionGoing Out Author:Rick Santorum
“The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer, is that human life a person under the constitution. And Barack Obama says no. Well, if that person, human life, is not a person, then I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say no, we're going to decide who our people, and who are not people.” PeopleIfsMenWantHumansWellsPersonsLife IsBlackAnswersConstitutionBarackHuman LifeRemarkableControversial Author:Rick Santorum
“You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone whos just going to be a little different than the person in there. If youre going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsMayLittlesPersonsDifferentCountryMightOpportunityWinningVisionRiskOur CountryCandidatesEtch A Sketch Author:Rick Santorum
“Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that's okay, contraception is okay. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.” WellsSaidChristianOkaySupposed To BeRealmsLicenseChristian FaithContraceptionNot Okay Author:Rick Santorum
“A lesbian woman came up to me and said, ‘why are you denying me my right?’ I said, ‘well, because it’s not a right.’ It’s a privilege that society recognizes because society sees intrinsic value to that relationship over any other relationship.” WellsSaidValuesPrivilegeIntrinsic ValueRelationship Over Author:Rick Santorum
“One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a libertarianish right... This whole idea of personal autonomy, well, I don't think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do... Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world...” PeopleThinkingWorldWantShouldWellsIdeasWholeAbleLeftViewsCriticismPoint Of ViewTraditionalAutonomyLeft Alone Author:Rick Santorum
