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“In America, small business is a big deal.”

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“After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be chugging along at a pretty good clip. But, it just isn't so, and the light at the end of the tunnel is pretty dim. Just ask a small business owner.”

“Obama wants to take the individual small business tax to 44 percent, and the corporate rate - he says - down to 28 percent or whatever. But that really damages the small businesses. And it doesn't make us competitive. You got to take them both down to 20, because state and local corporate taxes are 5 percent.”

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Author:Grover Norquist

“Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.”

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Author:Solomon Ortiz

“Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.”

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Author:Sarah Palin

“The American people know what's necessary to get this economy moving again. It's fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C. and across-the-board tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms.”

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Author:Mike Pence

“You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed.”

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Author:Mike Pence

“Obamacare has got everyone on edge. I mean, small business - men and women or big business are sitting out there saying we have no idea what this is going to cost, but we know it's going to cost us and cost us a lot.”

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Author:Rick Perry

“I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.”

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Author:Bill Rancic

“There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.”

“When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“No community values entrepreneurship and small business more than the Hispanic community.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.”

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Author:Paul Ryan

“Having what I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare.”

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Author:Paul Ryan

“Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.”

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Author:Paul Ryan

“That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life.”

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Author:Paul Ryan

“The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit.”

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Author:Howard Schultz

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

“Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.”

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Author:John Sununu

“Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.”

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Author:Anthea Turner

“We cannot afford the EPA's continued expansion of red tape that is slowing economic growth and threatening to entangle millions of small businesses.”

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Author:Fred Upton

“I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.”

“Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.”

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Author:John Boehner

“According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third.”

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Author:Christopher Bond

“For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.”

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Author:Tony Abbott

“As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world.”

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Author:Ron Wyden

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

Author:Zig Ziglar

“I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.”

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Author:Christine Quinn

“And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses again.”

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Author:David Cameron

“Quite a few people have commented during the campaign that more help is required for small businesses. SMEs need support and encouragement in their early stages, and in Cambridge the links to the University and the huge pool of expertise here helps that.”

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Author:Anne Campbell

“In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in the early part of this century. Indeed, chivalry is an age-old protection racket which depends for its existence on rape.”

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Author:Susan Griffin

“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”

“I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”

“To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.”

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Author:J. Paul Getty

“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

“If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”

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Author:Azim Premji

“If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes.”

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Author:Dick Cheney

“I understand small business growth. I was one.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“But America was built by optimists. Optimists like my friend Amanda, who recently started a small business. When she went to buy her website address-her first and last name-she found that someone already owned it, but wasn't using it. So my friend emailed the owner of the site to ask if she could buy it. The owner wrote back.”

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Author:Eva Longoria

“The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.”

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Author:Tom Allen

“In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton

“Where are the jobs going to come from?Small business, manufacturing and clean energy. Where's the money to finance them? The banks and the corporations in America today have lots of money that they can invest right now.”

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Author:William J. Clinton

“Small businesses have made the call that to stay alive, health care isn't something they can provide. I think it's a tragic calculation.”

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Author:Peter Lee

“A small business person has Uncle Sam as a partner, a partner who puts up no money, does no work, and wants 30 or 40 percent”

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Author:Irwin Schiff

“I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow”

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Book:Yes, We Can

Source: Yes, We Can

“Small businesses are vital contributors to our economy. They are the economic engine that is creating jobs, exploring innovation, and expanding opportunities for Americans in every community across the Nation.”

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Author:Allyson Schwartz

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