“My father stood behind a bar in the back of the room all those years, so one day I could stand behind a podium in the front of a room. That journey, from behind that bar to behind this podium, goes to the essence of the American miracle - that we're exceptional not because we have more rich people here. We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here.” PeopleYearsDreamFatherPoliticsRoomsBehindsRichImpossibleJourneySpecialFrontsRepublicanOne DayEssenceMiracleBarsExceptionalRich People Author:Marco Rubio
“Fifty-five years ago, when my dad was a penniless teenager, thank God some well-meaning bureaucrat didn't put his arm around him and say let me take care of you.” YearsWellsCarePoliticsFiveArmsDadRepublicanYears AgoLet MeMy DadTake CareTeenagerFive YearsFiftyThank GodBureaucrats Author:Ted Cruz
“None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers - a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the next, a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us.” CountryGovernmentNextPoliticsJourneyRepublicanOffersAdministrationSettlingDullEntitlement Author:Paul Ryan
“With all their attack ads, the President is just throwing away money...and he's pretty experienced at that.” PoliticsPresidentRepublicanThrowingAdsThrowing Away Author:Paul Ryan
“The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.” GovernmentPoliticsCitizensRepublican Author:Timothy M. Dolan
“They've got a Jobs Council that never meets. A Democratic Senate that doesn't act. A President who doesn't believe and a Vice President who won't stop talking. They just don't get it.” BelieveJobsPoliticsPresidentTalkingRepublicanDemocraticVicesSenateCouncilVice President Author:Thomas G. Stemberg
“Here is their plan. Whistle a happy tune while driving us off a fiscal cliff as long as they are behind the wheel of power when we fall.” LongFallPoliticsBehindsPlansRepublicanDrivingWheelsTunesCliffsFiscal Cliff Author:Chris Christie
“I've come to realize that Barack Obama is the tattoo president. Like a big tattoo, it seemed cool when you were young. But later on, that decision doesn't look so good, and you wonder: what was I thinking? But the worst part is you're still going to have to explain it to your kids.” ThinkingLooksStillsBigsKidsYoungPoliticsPresidentRealizingDecisionWonderWorstRepublicanBarackTattoo Author:Tim Pawlenty
“Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!” PoliticsRepublicanSpotsReelection Author:Mitch McConnell
“You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.” RealPoliticsPresidentLeaderRepublicanPolls Author:Chris Christie