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"And basically, the sense of the 'Pledge to America' is this: Republicans understand when we were in charge, we got fired in '06. We spent too much money. We defied the trust that the people had put in us. And we know that there is a better way."
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"You can't trust anyone you have to pay, and really, they can't trust you."

"Look, he said, "the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.If you expect the worst, you're never disappointed, I pointed out.Yeah, but who lives like that?"

"It is not something you can tell by looking at a person, but trust is always being increased or decreased as you interact with a person."

"All my life, he said, I been witness to people showin up where they was supposed to be at various times after they'd said they'd be there. I never heard one yet that didnt have a reason for it.Yessir.But there aint but one reason.Yessir.You know what it is?No sir.It's that their word's no good. That's the only reason there ever was or ever will be."

"Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on."

"People who cannot trust are themselves not trustworthy, and therefore cannot be entrusted with important things."

"You can rely on a stick, but not on a faithless friend."
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"Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing."

"The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those."

"The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all."

"I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care."

"The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on."

"We have a plan that creates universal access programs at the state level which allows folks to access insurance if they're denied by their insurer."

"I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again."

"I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it.'"

"But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking this country. And what we heard last night was absolutely the ignoring of that fact. It was: We're going to continue with this agenda. In fact, we're going to double down on healthcare."
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