Ken Cuccinelli Quotes
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Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.
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Competition's a good thing.
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I'm the most pro-liberty elected official statewide in my lifetime. It isn't even a close call, so for people who care about protecting liberty, there's never been - again, in my lifetime in Virginia - a statewide elected official who's been as aggressive and consistent about doing that as I have.
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On the issues the Tea Party cares about, I land right in their bull's-eye.
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I absolutely believe that President Obama was born in the United States. I don't buy into the claims that he wasn't.
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The one thing that even my staunchest opponents will admit is I'm a straight shooter and that I'm a man of my word.
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The notion that those of us that are pro-life because we love children - is that so terrible? Really? Is that so terrible?
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The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.
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One of the challenges for lawyers can be explaining, first of all, what the legal issue is and, second, its significance. And both of those are important.
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I have been approached to consider an appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court. I am humbled and honored to be considered for such a position, but it is not something that my wife and I have previously contemplated.
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When Eric Cantor lost, being the only majority leader in history to lose a primary, that was pretty - and still is - earth-shattering in Virginia and across the country.
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One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.
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I'm more of an engineer with a law degree than I am a lawyer with an engineering degree in terms of how I think.
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One of the beauties of the Tea Party movement - and the many, many like-minded citizens that don't participate in the Tea Party movement - is the fact that it is independent.
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We don't have a free market in health care. We need to connect customers up with the cost of care. And to drive innovation that way.
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The media is really failing the American people.
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We need all the transportation options that we can get in Virginia - especially options where the private sector carries all the risk and all the cost.
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I will be the first to admit that I've made my own mistakes when it comes to Virginia's disclosure requirements.
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My view is that homosexual acts - not homosexuality, but homosexual acts - are wrong. They're intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural-law-based country, it's appropriate to have policies that reflect that... They don't comport with natural law.
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I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!
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My wife's a gardener. I'd put Astroturf down everywhere, but I get outvoted one to one every year.
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I start with a concern about the growth of federal government. I start with a perspective concerned about the growth of that power, and containing it within the bounds of the Constitution.
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I don't play golf with presidents.
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Strategies that do show evidence of effectiveness include policing that's focused on high-risk individuals or geographic areas, and/or deterrence-based approaches that hold entire gangs accountable should individual members engage in criminal behavior.