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We are fighting to bring more jobs to the people of Missouri.
Sometimes the purpose of our opponents is to be our teachers.
I did a lot of humanitarian work before I joined the military.
Missourians are a hardworking people. They want good, quality jobs.
I read Mitch Daniels's book, 'Keeping the Republic,' several times.
You don't reduce crime by taking away guns from law-abiding citizens.
I'm very confident that God has a way of bringing good from difficulty.
To be very clear, I have completely ruled out state funding for stadiums.
I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.
When people have jobs in a thriving economy, it solves a lot of problems.
We need to protect every life and that we need to defend the lives of the unborn.
I believe that you have to live a life that involves both courage and compassion.
Tort reform is important. We need to prevent trial lawyers from killing good jobs.
Part of the attraction of the SEAL teams was the incredible tests that it offered.
I was raised to stand up for the little guy, for working families and the middle class.
I actually think it's very important that the Navy SEAL community stay out of politics.
I'm running for Governor because we need a political outsider to move Missouri forward.
Everyone needs resilience. It's a virtue essential to growth and essential to happiness.
There is no room for anti-Semitism in the Republican Party, and the leaders need to show that.
...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.
Both Sheena and I are working parents, and we know how hard it is to balance work and parenting.
Our state's world famous motto, 'Show me,' reminds us that Missourians don't much value big talk.
The best way to honor the legacy of a person who's passed is to find a way to support the living.
Like the plague, opioids kill the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the virtuous and the sinful.
We need a modern government that allows people to do more on-line instead of making them wait in line.
The fact is, I was elected governor of the state of Missouri to bring more jobs to the state of Missouri.
Every generation of Americans who has fought, every generation of Americans who has served, has suffered.
Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.
Success means eliminating Al Qaeda's ability to launch terrorist attacks against the United States and our allies.
When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.
Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.
I'm proud that many of Missouri's lawmakers stood strong to protect the lives of the innocent unborn and women's health.
Right to work doesn't eliminate unions. It makes them more responsible and accountable to their members on the front lines.
The more successful Navy SEALs there are, the more glory it reflects on the community and the better it is for our country.
If you care about people, then you're willing to act not just with compassion, but you're also willing to act with courage.
In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.
The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.
If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.
For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests.
Young men often seek tests and trials, and to me, BUD/S training - basic underwater demolition/SEAL - seemed like the ultimate test.
If you want to start or grow a business in the state of Missouri and hire more people with good jobs, I will be your friend and ally.
I know the pride of carrying our nation's flag abroad - and I have felt the grief of burying too many friends beneath that flag at home.
The more I thought about myself, the weaker I got. The more I recognized that I was serving a purpose larger than myself, the stronger I got.
Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.
As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction.
The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our budget.
Every entrepreneur has to deal with hardship, but if we're tough enough and thoughtful enough, we can find a way to make hard things make us better.
When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, I never once turned to someone before a raid on a house and said, 'Hey, man, are you a Democrat or a Republican?'
There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.
The mistake that I made was that I was engaged in a consensual relationship with a woman who was not my wife. That is a mistake for which I am very sorry.