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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.


Olympia Snowe

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I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that....
J. C. WATTS I believe it's possible to be both pro-life and pro-choice.
ANDY GOLD To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
HAROLD FORD, JR. I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You Fo...
JASON REITMAN I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business.
CHARLIE CRIST All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public fund...
BART STUPAK Show Republicans a shiny pro-life or pro-marriage issue and they'd much rather address that cont...
BEN SHAPIRO I'm a pro-life, pro-gun Louisiana Democrat.
CHARLIE MELANCON Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I...
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG I'm pro-choice. But I hope that choice will be life.
RUSH LIMBAUGH I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choi...
STANLEY FISH When I came to faith, I was on pro-choice boards, and I dropped off of those because you couldn'...
BOB BECKEL As a governor, I've signed virtually every kind of pro-life legislation that we can sign under e...
MIKE HUCKABEE I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.
JAMES DENTON You've got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life fami...
ELLEN BARKIN I am not saying I will vote against John Ashcroft because he is pro-life, ... But let me say if some...
CHARLES SCHUMER The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to be...
TAMMY BRUCE I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.
SANDRA BERNHARD I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who...
ELIOT SPITZER I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no wa...
RACHEL SKLAR In 2012, the Liberal Party affirmed overwhelmingly at the policy convention that we are a pro-choice...
JUSTIN TRUDEAU You can't wake up one day and say 'I'm for gay marriage,' and wake up the next day a...
ROGER STONE As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing...
ROBERT CASEY There's a lot of centrism among the public about abortion. It's very easy for the activists to scare...
ANDREW KOHUT I'm pro-responsible choice. There is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are al...
SHARRON ANGLE Are not Pro-Choice adherents really just Anti-Contraceptives, seeking pleasure over prudence? Are no...
JON CHRISTOPHER GARLAND Your moral stance depends on what you think is being aborted. If you don't believe it to be a pe...
LOUISE MENSCH We have all these politicians that claim they're pro-life and that say women should not be able ...
REMY MA One individual doesn't really accept the pro-life position of the party, and the other... says h...
ALAN KEYES If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you'...
BILL HICKS Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: ...
GEORGE W. BUSH My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life, and I believe that we ...
JEB BUSH I'm not pro-government at all, I'm pro-people.
BIG BOI We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, a...
HILLARY CLINTON You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.
N. T. WRIGHT This is a major victory for the pro-life community and removes a cloud that has been hanging over pr...
JAY SEKULOW It is a pro-U.N. movie. It's a pro-American movie. It's a pro-American movie. It's a mov...
SCOTT RITTER I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. Th...
SHARRON ANGLE But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for demo...
ANTONIN SCALIA When he emerged Lou Dobbs the populist, he was so hard to peg. A mishmash of contradictions: anti-ou...
JEANNE MARIE LASKAS I am pro choice, I believe everyone should have the right to decide for themselves.
PATTY MURRAY More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life R...
GARY BAUER It lends credibility to the law. You can be pro-choice and still be pro-parental notification. It's ...
DAVID REYNOLDS The 'life' in 'pro-life' denotes not the quality of life, but life itself.
JOHN SHIMKUS I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I...
TODD SOLONDZ I'm a pro-life candidate because I believe that science is proving us right every day.
CARLY FIORINA I'm very pro-choice,
DONALD TRUMP Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs, pro-nuclear weapons...
JOHN FUGELSANG Apparently I'm not a pro cyclist.
JON CRYER You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. I'm a big...
LISA LING Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is...
CLAIRE MCCASKILL If you're a person of faith that is conservative, that's pro-life, as I am, that believes st...
KEVIN CRAMER On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be he...
NANCY KEENAN I am pro-life, I believe in exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. That's my po...
CHRIS CHRISTIE There's a lot of things already in place that I was building in Casey County. They're already here. ...
ARLEN SANDERS Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they're very strongly p...
RAFAEL CRUZ Anytime a pro-abortion, big-government, elitist liberal is considering a run for the United States S...
CHRISTIAN WINTHROP What we're seeing right now is kind of a groundswell, for lack of a better word, of pro-education ca...
HARVEY KRONBERG I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the ...
JULIANNA BAGGOTT I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have b...
JAMIE FOXX I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my ...
MADHURI DIXIT I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist.
ANTHONY LEWIS Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.
THOMAS PEREZ The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn'...
FRAN TARKENTON I have a broad-based background. And I'm also pro-life and Bible-based.
ALAN GELL Thanks to the bold leadership of governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis, California put aside politics...
KATHY KNEER This bill will hurt your image as a pro-tourism and a pro-business state.
BILL CONNORS I'm grateful to Donald Trump's pro-life views, and I'm grateful that he's expressed ...
MIKE PENCE I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
ADAM SAVAGE My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation a...
CAMILLE PAGLIA I won't use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist ...
KEN BUCK It's sad. There's not going to be a pro-choice [candidate for] governor for people to support.
CRYSTAL CLINKENBEARD You have to believe in yourself. But you know what? There's a fine line between believing in you...
MICK FOLEY I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turnin...
STEVEN PRESSFIELD I believe we do a disservice to God and probably to the pro-life cause if God is never mentioned in ...
GEORGE CARDINAL PELL I don't know what happens to our consciousness when we're unwound," says Connor. "I don't even know ...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN Political prodigies are rare in a nation that grooms top leaders through decades of Communist Party ...
EVAN OSNOS I AM pro-life,
BILL FRIST We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how...
MARCO RUBIO If there were a third-party candidate on the ballot who is pro-choice, that candidate could draw hea...
CLAY F. RICHARDS Travel like a pro, not like a hobo. That's my motto.
GREG GUTFELD We have every intention of using the 2006 elections to increase the number of pro-life seats in Cong...
MARJORIE DANNENFELSER When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how yo...
ABBY WAMBACH Andy has been a stalwart Sheppard Mullin pro bono time donor and supporter for 30 years. He's been a...
GUY HALGREN I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.
DAYMOND JOHN Pro football wasn't as popular as it is now. When I came out of college, I had no idea of playing pr...
DICK HOAK I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.
ELON MUSK No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philo...
CHRISTINE PELOSI Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. M...
GARY BAUER I wanted more than anything to go play pro baseball and have a long stint in the big leagues.
ERIK KOROP Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest ...
ORNETTE COLEMAN This gathering is carried out as a response to terror, intimidation and killing of pro-integration p...
EURICO GUTERRES The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is t...
TIMOTHY NOAH I'm a pro-process candidate. I'm a pro-coherent debate candidate. I'm a pro-transparency candidate.
MAYOR MICHAEL HASSIG I've worked on really big budget movies as a designer - 'Vanilla Sky,' 'Three Kings;...
CATHERINE HARDWICKE It's a rare pro-lifer who is against the death penalty, who's against all war, who favors, y...
KATHA POLLITT We have heard of not a single, government surveillance of a pro-war group. And I doubt we will ever ...
GERALD WEBER Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.
IMRAN KHAN But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn’t spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on...
CAITLIN MORAN Both China and the EU have a shared interest in a deeper and broader partnership on the range of glo...
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