Mike DeWine Quotes

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• One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.

  Mike DeWine

  Journey, Years, Decision

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• To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.

  Mike DeWine

  Believe, America, People

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• On every journey you take, you are met with options. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. These are the decisions that shape your life.

  Mike DeWine

  Journey, Choices, Decision

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• Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy.

  Mike DeWine

  Jobs, Law, Judging

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I put a lot of emphasis on childrens issues. Children are many times ignored because they dont vote, and they dont have lobby groups.

  Mike DeWine

  Children, Issues, Groups

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• Sometimes local, state and federal laws so clearly run afoul of the Constitution that the court must step in and strike them down. In most cases, the court performs this admirably and with great restraint.

  Mike DeWine

  Running, Law, Steps

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.

  Mike DeWine

  Thinking, Media, Amplification

  "CNN Newsroom". www.cnn.com. March 19, 2013.

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• After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions. It entrusts the people with the power to make the tough decisions. And, in most cases, it prefers the will of the people to the unchecked rule of judges.

  Mike DeWine

  People, Judging, Decision

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

  Mike DeWine

  Children, Eight, Wife

  "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. March 19, 2013.

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• It's in every single county. It's in our cities but it's also in our wealthier suburbs. It's in our small towns. There is no place in Ohio where you can hide from drug epidemic .

  Mike DeWine

  Epidemics, Ohio, Cities

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• You know, kids text a lot today. It's phenomenal.

  Mike DeWine

  Kids, Today, Phenomenal

  "CNN Newsroom". www.cnn.com. March 19, 2013.

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• The court's recent decisions have made life more difficult for the democratic institutions that perform the day- to-day work of our nation.

  Mike DeWine

  Decision, Made, Institutions

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

  Mike DeWine

  Compassion, Umpires, Justice

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• Im for the fracking. I think its an opportunity for Ohio to really get a lot of jobs. But we have to do it right. We have to really take a deep breath, do it right, make sure the public is protected, make sure our land is protected.

  Mike DeWine

  Jobs, Opportunity, Thinking

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• If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.

  Mike DeWine

  Balance, Trying, President

  "Could Clinton escape censure, too?". www.cnn.com. December 31, 1998.

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• Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.

  Mike DeWine

  Play, Doe, Roles

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I have seen the cycle of a non-violent, mentally ill offender who is arrested repeatedly and put into the system repeatedly-never being treated for his illness and, as a result, becoming more and more ill.

  Mike DeWine

  Becoming, Illness, Violent

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• Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

  Mike DeWine

  Judging, Temptation, Needs

  Mike DeWine at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Hearing on The Nomination of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of The Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2005.

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• I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

  Mike DeWine

  Kids, Texting, Benign

  "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. March 19, 2013.

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• In my opinion, Chief Justice Roberts put it best during his recent confirmation hearings. And he said, and I quote, "The framers were not the sort of people, having fought a revolution to get the right of self-government to sit down and say, 'Well, let's take all the difficult issues before us and let's have the judges decide them.' That would have been the farthest thing from their mind," however, I fear that the Supreme Court forgets this advice.

  Mike DeWine

  Issues, Government, Self

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It is my mission to ensure that HIV-positive children and children with AIDS are no longer overlooked and that they begin receiving the treatment and care they deserve.

  Mike DeWine

  Children, Receiving, Hiv

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• In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.

  Mike DeWine

  Years, Earth, Touched

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• The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.

  Mike DeWine

  Hype, People, Parent

  "Lawmakers, health professionals blast entertainment industry for marketing adult material to children" By Ian Christopher McCaleb, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2000.

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• This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.

  Mike DeWine

  People, Constitution, Conversation

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• When it comes to our Constitution, judges perform, certainly, an important role. But the people, acting through their elected representatives, should play an even more important role.

  Mike DeWine

  Play, People, Judging

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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