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Quotes by Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Government can't really create jobs. But government can improve the environment in which the private sector creates jobs.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service - not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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.
My desire is to usher in an unprecedented period of cooperation and community building. People reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic - a state that is truly respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness must be our hope.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
We have to, I think, recognize reality, which is that we have many tens of thousands of itinerant workers here, or undocumented aliens who still require mobility. You simply can't wave a magic wand and expect everyone to go home.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
We were an Athens rather than a Rome [early technology in Utah]. An Athens innovates; a Rome capitalizes on that innovation.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
The rest of the world cares about how we conduct our affairs because they then take that lead. We're the only leader in the world today. Some are wishing us well, others think that we're 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.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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.
Normal people don't just wake up in the morning and say I think it'd be a good idea to run for president of the United States.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
I'm not sure it's the stimulus money that will necessarily allow the economy to recover. It will help to fortify our budgets, frankly, to ensure that there isn't as much backsliding in the areas of education and healthcare, for example.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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.
– Jon Huntsman, Jr.