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26 quotes by Jim Talent

James Matthes "Jim" Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician and former senator from Missouri. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office. He identifies with the conservative wing of the Republican party, being particularly outspoken on judicial appointments, abortion, flag burning, and defense issues. After serving for eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives and then working as...
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The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the... →

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Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make certain it... →

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We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

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When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

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General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the... →

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It's like doctors can't save all their patients, but, on balance, Bain under Gov. Romney created well over 100,000 jobs, which is certainly... →

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Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come... →

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When we get the private sector going through job creation and growth, then the governments at all level have revenues to do the things that they need... →

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The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10... →

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Governor Romney is a good debater.

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I just think that the independent voters are going to take their time and look at both candidates.

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I would love to be able to serve in office in some capacity with Romney as president.

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I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

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