Susana Martinez Quotes

• When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn’t. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it.

  Susana Martinez

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Him, Down, Young

• When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.

  Susana Martinez

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  Tags in Vote, Democrat, Registered

• Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.

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  Topics in Work

  Tags in Control, Debt

• There is one candidate in this election who will protect that dream. One leader who will fight hard to keep the promise of America for the next generation. And that’s why we must stand up and make Mitt Romney the next president of the United States.

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  Tags in Fight, Must, Hard

• Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.

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  Topics in Dream, Success

  Tags in American

• Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn’t always take the neediest into account.

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  Tags in Sometimes, Analysis, Engage

• Republicans want to be tough and say, ‘Illegals, you’re gone.’ But the answer is a lot more complex than that.

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  Tags in Tough, Gone, Answer

• My parents were Democrats.

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  Tags in Parents, Democrats

• My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees in three states. And sure, there was help along the way. But my parents took the risk. They stood up. And you better believe they built it.

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  Topics in Business

  Tags in Believe, Help

• My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

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  Tags in Mom, Dad, Office

• Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.

  Susana Martinez

  Topics in Education, Money

  Tags in Care

• In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don’t always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes.

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  Topics in History

  Tags in Without, Together

• I’ve known where my heritage is from all along.

  Susana Martinez

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  Tags in Known, Along, Heritage

• I’ve always known that my father’s father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I’ve never denied it. I’ve always said it.

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  Tags in Said, Known

• I will veto any tax increase.

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  Tags in Tax, Increase, Veto

• I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime.

  Susana Martinez

  Topics in Justice

  Tags in School, Law

• I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Parents, Thinking, Did

• I hope I’ve been able to show other young girls that as long as you work hard and you’re committed to fight for your education, that anything’s possible.

  Susana Martinez

  Topics in Education, Work

  Tags in Hope

• I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won’t offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

  Susana Martinez

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Courage, Today

• I am my own person.

  Susana Martinez

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Person

Susana Martinez (28)

Birth:	14th July, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

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