Rick Santorum Quotes (68 Quotes)

Life changes us all, ... but often nothing like death. After Gabriel, being a husband, being a father was different, being a legislator was different. I was different.

We did our job well and everyone knows it. By falsely claiming that we got it wrong, Rick Santorum is continuing his misguided crusade against the National Weather Service.

Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships.

It's a book that I think is very much about common sense,

take affirmative action to identify and permanently locate an optimum number of C-130 aircraft as a detachment to the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Center.

I have nothing, absolutely nothing against anyone who's homosexual. If that's their orientation, then I accept that. And I have no problem with someone who has other orientations.

I think I would probably tailor that a little more than what the president has suggested, ... I'm not comfortable with intelligent design being taught in the science classroom.

We need to get the regular team out of there, and someone who is going to be there for the long term, in there. (That person) would most likely be head of this new organization that would be set up to help the recovery effort,

You don't hear the complaints about . . . the red tape, the bureaucracy and the inefficiency in the nonprofit sector, particularly the faith-based sector, the churches, who were out there on the front line meeting needs literally the day after the devastation occurred. That's something we not only need to praise and be thankful for but to encourage and to support financially on behalf of the government.

If there was any dissension at all, you'd be hearing it from me,

We now know the parameters of the debate -- it's between 1.2 trillion and 1.6 (trillion). Our goal is to get it as close to 1.6 (trillion) as we can.

The president . . . is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home.

It is our responsibility to make the changes necessary to Social Security now, while we have the chance to make public policy for the public good.

This shows that extremism in leadership is not rewarded.

It was wrong, but it was wrong because we just had bad information,

We see it day in, day out around here. There is no agenda, there are no solutions to problems, there's no trying to get our fiscal house in order. Whatever it is, whatever the issue is, it just keeps snapping back. This, I understand, was particularly painful - talking about shrinking this government and doing ... less with more,

The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time.

I intend to carefully review the nominee's credentials and assess her qualifications and commitment to the rule of law.