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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
I have said throughout the course of this campaign that while other issues are certainly important -- the economy, joblessness, national security concerns, the family, the issue of life -- all of these issues are important, but the foundational issue in this race, the one that is, in fact, the cause of the other maladies that we are feeling, whether it's in the economy or whether it's in the budget crisis that we're dealing with, all boils down to one word, and that's what's at stake in this election, and it's right behind me on that banner, and that's the word 'freedom.'
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Rick Santorum emphasizes the importance of freedom as the central issue in the election.

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