Paul Ryan Quotes

I am an independent reform candidate. I do not represent the past.

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.

We must not just change presidents. We must change direction.

Voters are looking for something new.

The American people are ready for solutions, and Donald Trump offers a chance to move in a new direction.

If we can be sure of anything, it's that the immense challenges faced by our country and our nation cannot be solved by the same people in the same offices, casting the same votes for the same failed policies.

My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.

Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever.

When you look at a Congress that has an 84 percent disapproval rating, that means that for the most part, the people of this country, and certainly California, are looking for new leadership.

Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.

The past several months I have been able to meet with people across this country. One thing is clear: America craves for real solutions to the problems we face. That's why I'm running for President of the United States.

Soon, the Obama presidency will end, and America will have the chance to turn in a new direction.

When I was campaigning, I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a positive thing because my mandate will be used as a rupture between the past and the future.

Change in leadership does not only come in a pin stripe suit with a bald spot on its head.

In this Congress, we are not obliged to be bound by the dead hand of the past Congress

Any plan of reconstruction is wrong that tends to leave these old leaders in power.

The commonest error in politics is sticking to the carcass of dead policies.

Their methods of doing things are so very different from ours [Taft and his staff], and the people will welcome a change..

People in both parties are restless for change, ready to break free of old patterns in Washington.

There is no more time for us left to revive our great country. No more time to repeat our mistakes of the past. Washington needs a complete turnaround, and Donald Trump is the agent of change, and he will be the leader of the change we need.

I think the country requires fresh leadership. I do not think I can be the captain to take the country to its next destination.

I think there's always an adjustment when somebody new is runnings things, from the top down.

I believe we need new leadership to put the partisan gridlock behind us, and I promised my constituents I would vote for new leadership.