Matt Bevin

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I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.
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Collection: Knowledge
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I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them.
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Collection: Forgiveness
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While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary.
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I am a believer in smaller government, limited government, less regulation, less taxes, because I think to have more of those things, we suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit of this nation.
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There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.
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Too many of the career politicians, the established politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle, are representing their party more than the people. And no matter what the media says, the ballot box will determine what people truly believe.
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People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.
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I am not, and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty.
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You can't punch people in the face, punch people in the face, punch people in the face, and ask them to have tea and crumpets with you and think it's all good. Life doesn't work that way.
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I have no favors to pay back.
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Donald Trump is an interesting fellow.
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There is going to have to be austerity in the state of Kentucky.
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Liberals are good at catchphrases, but there's no substance behind them.
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Everybody is welcome to come to dinner, but there's going to be the adult table and the kids' table. Whiny people who want to throw food and make noise and interrupt and be rude and act like children, they can sit at the kids' table.
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As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distribute federal taxpayer dollars from that department to Planned Parenthood clinics.
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I have no tax delinquency problem, nor have I ever.
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The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.
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I'll listen to the people. I will not put my party ahead of what the people want.
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I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don't have to do it physically.
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I have nine children. It breaks my heart to think that it might be their blood is needed to redeem something, to reclaim something that we, through our apathy and our indifference, have given away.
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We cannot be complacent about the determination of radical Islamic extremists to destroy our freedoms.
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America is worth fighting for ideologically.
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When I have people like Planned Parenthood intentionally not following the law, that's where the state will be involved.
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Be bold - there's enough Neville Chamberlains in the world; be a Winston Churchill, for crying out loud!
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Who are we to think that our generation is going to be the first generation to benefit from all the sacrifices that others have made without giving some modern-day equivalent of our own lives, fortunes, and sacred honor?
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It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.
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We have seen a degradation from the highest levels of authority politically in this nation, including through the department of justice, for the rule of law.
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Black, white, rural, urban, Democrat, Republican, independent. People who come from both ends of the socio-economic spectrum. Male, female. Young and old alike. This is our Kentucky.
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This is our time. This is our opportunity. Together, we will accomplish great things.
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I am not above copying what other people are doing well.
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I am genuinely sorry that my attendance at an event which, other than my comments, appears to have primarily involved a discussion of cockfighting, has created concern on the part of many Kentucky voters.
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Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea.
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The people of Kentucky have had enough. They have had enough of bailouts for Wall Street banks.
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I'm not going to run to the left of Mitch McConnell; I'm not going to run to the right of Mitch McConnell. I am going to run right over the top of Mitch McConnell.
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I'm going to defend the right of people to freely gather and discuss whatever they want to.
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I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.
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I think we will be safer when we can concentrate law enforcement and criminal justice resources and energies on those individuals who truly need, for the safety of society... to be incarcerated.
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This administration will have no tolerance for the type of brazen disregard that Planned Parenthood has shown for both the safety of women and the rule of law.
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We will hold Planned Parenthood accountable for knowingly endangering their patients by providing illegal abortions at a facility that was not properly licensed nor prepared to handle an emergency.
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I'm a Republican. I'm running in a Republican primary.
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I have never been a member of a Tea Party.
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I've signed many documents as president and CEO as required by law. I signed every single document that we were required to file - every single one of them.
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I was, as president and chairman of the board, required by law to verify the veracity of the financial figures, the assets under management, the number of outstanding shares, et cetera.
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I did not write any of the letters that were ever published as investment commentary.
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If you've ever questioned your faith, you're going to question it when you are burying your own children.
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I name my companies things that are intentional, that are specific, that are worthy of ridicule if you are anything other.
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I'm unapologetic for the fact my Christian faith defines my decision-making process. I will bring those Christian principles and that mindset to Frankfort.
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I never went to any Tea Party meetings, although I am fiscally very much in like mind, and grateful for and appreciative of the support of anybody, no matter what group they might be part of.
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I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.
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McConnell's the Senate Republican leader, but he refuses to lead on defunding Obamacare. What good is a leader like that?
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