Political Quotes

W. Todd Akin

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Quotes by year · 20102012552 total · peak 2010 (426)
2010: 426 quotes2011: 101 quotes2012: 25 quotes
Jun 9, 2010

Let me just jump in for a moment. You know, the charts that you chose actually have a relationship to each other, and you alluded to the mechanics of what that connection is, which is, when the government creates a job by hiring somebody…

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Jun 9, 2010

There have been some assumptions made by the Democrats about the economy, and the question is: Are those assumptions any good or not? One of the things that history does tell us is we should learn something from it. Of course, FDR's…

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Jun 9, 2010

That's the point. So the deal is: Is it the job of the American public to bail out people who make irresponsible loans? How about all of the people who get loans, who make their mortgage payments, who do everything by the book, who then…

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Jun 9, 2010

I think that that's accurate to say: there is a good bipartisan sentiment that when a small nation is trying to defend itself, we have always stood for people. The basic principle of people being allowed to be free and have some…

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Jun 9, 2010

The problem with Freddie and Fannie is you don't get something for nothing. I'm an engineer. I mean, it's one of those things, if it isn't there, it isn't there. So what we're doing is we're using Freddie and Fannie to make loans to a…

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Jun 9, 2010

I think that's good. It paints a vivid picture, but there is a problem with Freddie and Fannie.

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Jun 9, 2010

You didn't even mention that little small detail of the government becoming the master. The government is getting so big, the government employees are making so much money it's effectively becoming not the servant, but the master.

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Jun 9, 2010

Freedom is a beautiful thing, but we have to realize there are a couple of things that come along with freedom. If you really want to be free, you're going to have to be responsible as well. You can't assume Big Brother government is going…

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Jun 9, 2010

I guess it sounds like kind of a boring subject in some ways; but on the other hand, it so much influences and affects every single person in our country that I guess we have to put up with a little bit of talk about economics just to make…

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Jun 9, 2010

I am very concerned about our discussion tonight because I am afraid somebody may be watching and they are thinking, oh, my goodness, there isn't any hope, things are terrible and bad. Yeah, we are in a big financial mess because we have…

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Jun 9, 2010

I really appreciate the gentleman for joining me tonight. We, in a way, as Americans have got two choices here. One choice is the path to freedom, and the other path is the path of servitude to Big Brother government. Every solution that…

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Jun 9, 2010

The thing is, you and I are not talking about something that is speculative or based on theory. These graphs are ending in 2010. These are actual numbers. This is what has happened, and it doesn't work. It didn't work for FDR, and it's not…

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