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Jon Huntsman, Jr.

"Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that."

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"Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that."

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"This is a time when the United States should be standing tall. There is no other leader in the world today. We shouldn't be approaching conflicts as a team sport. We either get in an we lead and we do a good job, or you don't get in at all."
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"When America closes its doors, so does everybody else. We are the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets."
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"I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American."
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"Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked."
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"I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with."
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"I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason."
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"If you can't define a winning exit strategy for the American people, where we somehow come out ahead, then we're wasting our money, and we're wasting our strategic resources."
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"The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill."
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"I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first."
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