Jon Huntsman, Jr. Quotes

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• I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Country, Party, Government

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• But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

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  Recovery, Entrepreneur, Small Business

  Interview with Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. February 23, 2009.

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• A crisis allows us the opportunity to dig deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed. Through adversity, we come face to face with who we really are and what really counts.

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  Adversity, Opportunity, Thinking

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• The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

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  Real, Secret, Diplomats

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• Science is the process of crash testing ideas: you ram the idea head-on into a brick wall at 60mph, and knowledge is gained by examining the pieces. If the theory is solid, the pieces are from the wall. Then we build a bigger wall.

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  Wall, Ideas, Rams

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• To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

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  Crazy, Believe, Political

  Jon Huntsman @JonHuntsman, twitter.com. August 18, 2011.

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• In a day and age of global competition and instantaneous financial flows, you have to be highly sensitive to the way in which tax policy impacts your overall competitiveness as a country.

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  Country, Impact, Competition

  Source: www.politico.com

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• When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Doors, America, Doe

  Source: www.politico.com

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• In any walk of life, a positive, upbeat outlook trumps any adversarial act. Revenge is counterproductive. Unproductive emotions limit one's ability to move forward, to focus, to think positively, to act creatively.

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  Revenge, Kindness, Moving

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• Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Country, Political, Today

  "Huntsman joins WH race, promising jobs, civility" by Beth Fouhy, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 21, 2011.

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• The rest of the world cares about how we conduct our affairs because they then take that lead. Were the only leader in the world today. Some are wishing us well, others think that were down and are not going to get back up again, but they are all watching with great interest to see how we conduct our business over the next couple of years.

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  Couple, Thinking, Years

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• I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American.

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  Country, Differences, President

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• Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Serendipity, Messages, Right Time

  "POLITICO interview: Gov. Huntsman". Interview with Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. February 24, 2009.

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• It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests.

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  Thinking, Play, Years

  "Romney Doesn't Scare Obama. This Guy Does" By Chris Jones, www.esquire.com. June 22, 2011.

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• It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.

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  War, Taken, Deployment

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• If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

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  Cutting, Defense, Enough

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• The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

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  Country, Reality, Cities

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• I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied to tax policy.

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  Moving, Thinking, Needs

  Source: www.politico.com

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• At the end of the day, capital is a coward. It's going to flee from wherever it perceives risk to be present in the marketplace.

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  Risk, The End Of The Day, Coward

  Source: www.politico.com

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• America is the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets.

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  America, Growth, World

  Source: www.politico.com

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• With a weak and rotting core, you don't have much of a foreign policy. You're discounted at the negotiating table, economically and militarily. So when people ask what's the best course of action for the U.S.-China relationship, I can give you ten academic responses. But the reality is we need to rebuild our core.

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  Reality, People, Giving

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• We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.

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  War, Fighting, Thinking

  "Jon Huntsman Criticizes Heavy U.S. Presence In Afghanistan: It’s Not ‘How We Ought To Be Responding’". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2011.

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• I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz.

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  Country, America, World

  "Which Republican Candidate Would Make the Best Arts Nominee? The ARTINFO Endorsement" by Benjamin Genocchio, Andrew M. Goldstein and Chloe Wyma, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2012.

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• I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.

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  Long, Lines, Sides

  "Jon Huntsman: The Potential Republican Presidential Candidate Democrats Most Fear". TIME Interview, content.time.com. May 12, 2011.

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• People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.

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  Religious, Pursuit Of Happiness, Race

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