We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of … - Paul Ryan

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There is no reason to believe that the nature of the violent minorities is now greatly different from what it was in the past. What has changed is the will and ability of the majority to react.

Paul Ryan

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency. . .

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I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault.

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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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I think the identity politics that have been played, particularly the class-warfare version of identity politics that has been played, has put America into a class-based society - more so than at any point in my lifetime.

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

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