I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition. - Paul Ryan

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Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In Zen we approach everything backwards or inside out.

Paul Ryan

I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.

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None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers - a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the next, a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us.

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I don't subscribe to relativism, whether it's in political philosophy, foreign policy or in life.

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Donald Trump is a pretty casual guy. He calls me Paul.

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