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Rick Santorum

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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.

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Feb 6, 2012

This is the most important election in your lifetime. This is an election fundamentally about the kind of country you're going to hand off to your children and grandchildren; whether they are going to have the level of freedom and…

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Feb 6, 2012

Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota. Your votes today were not just heard loud and wide across the state of Missouri and Minnesota, but they were heard loud and louder all across this country.

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Feb 6, 2012

Rick Santorum continues to maintain his lead, 42 percent over Romney's 30 percent.

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Feb 6, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, we need a president who listens to the American people.

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Feb 6, 2012

Rick Santorum has already won Iowa, and we have projected him the winner in Missouri.

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Feb 6, 2012

I never thought as a first-generation American whose parents and grandparents loved freedom and came here because they didn't want the government telling them what to believe and how to believe it. That we had a first amendment that…

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Feb 6, 2012

Tonight was a victory for the voices of our party, conservatives and Tea Party people, who are out there every single day in the vineyards, building the conservative movement in this country, building the base of the Republican Party, and…

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Feb 6, 2012

If Rick Santorum wins in Minnesota, winning in Missouri, that's going to be huge.

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Feb 6, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, freedom is at stake in this election. We need to be the voice for freedom.

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Feb 6, 2012

I don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. I stand here to be the conservative alternative to Barack Obama.

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Jan 30, 2012

That's the kind of campaign I think the people in this country want, which is one that focuses on them and what's going to be the consequence of a Republican presidency vs. an Obama presidency.

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Jan 30, 2012

Well, you know, as you know, it's like any kind of campaign, military or otherwise. the enemy has a vote, and when your opponents are doing things, you have got to counter those things.

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Jan 30, 2012

There's one message that I think we got from the campaign in Florida, is that Republicans can do better.

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Jan 30, 2012

We actually have gone out and run an issue-oriented campaign. We're going to talk about why we're the best candidate to match up against Barack Obama, why we believe that we can consolidate the conservative base and to have them…

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Jan 30, 2012

If you want a strong principled conservative who's not going to be the issue in the campaign, who is going to make Barack Obama the issue in this campaign, please vote for me and help us out.

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Jan 30, 2012

So I say -- I say to the people of Nevada and, in fact, to the people across this country, if you want a strong, principled conservative who's not going to be the issue in the campaign, who's going to make Barack Obama the issue in this…

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Jan 25, 2012

You really are no different from Barack Obama. It's a mandate.

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Jan 25, 2012

I'm very passionate about this, because people in this country don't want a government that can force them to engage in commercial activity.

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Jan 25, 2012

Your mandate is no different than Barack Obama's mandate. It is the same mandate.

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Jan 25, 2012

Five times the rate it's gone up. Why? Because people are ready to pay a cheaper fine and then be able to sign up for insurance which are now guaranteed under Romney care than pay high-cost insurance which is what's happened as a result of…

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Jan 22, 2012

I don't want to see Rick Santorum be president because I would like to see people in trouble in this country getting out of it.

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Jan 19, 2012

There is only one place to go right now and that's Mitt Romney.

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