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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

My job is not to worry about those people, I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

Well, there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for President Obama no matter what. All right. There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

I will not divide America. As I have seen the president do over these past several months, I will not divide the United States of America but instead bring us together.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

I believe in a two-state solution which suggests there will be two states including a Jewish state. I respect Israel's right to remain a Jewish state.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

My job is not to worry about those people. I will never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 17, 2012

If he were elected president, he would get the troops out of Afghanistan, make that transition to Afghan security forces, by the end of 2014.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

I will never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

He said that what he had to say about some voters out there not being, you know, people who are dependent on government assistance, people who might think of themselves as victims. He said that that was not elegantly stated and that he…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

This is a campaign, fundamentally, about how to help the middle class in America, and how to bring people out of poverty into the middle class.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

I mean that's what they sell every four years. And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

This is ultimately a question about direction for the country. Do you believe in a government-centered society that provides more and more benefits? Or do you believe instead in a free-enterprise society where people are able to pursue…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

He called for the people who leaked this video to put out the entire videotape.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

I believe the point I made is the president starts off with a large number of the voters -- 47, 48, 49 percent, something like that. These are people who are in his camp, and they'll vote for him, almost no matter what.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

The president believes in what I've described as a government-centered society, where government plays a larger and larger role, provides for more and more of the needs of individuals.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2012

I'm convinced that the president's approach has not done that and will not do that.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Sep 13, 2012

I can't ever imagine if the prime minister of Israel ever asked to be with me, I can't imagine saying no. They are our friends. They are our closest allies in the Middle East.

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