Rick Santorum

"I believe the earth gets warmer, and I also believe the earth gets cooler, and I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man through the production of CO2 which is a trace gas in the atmosphere and the manmade part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd when you consider all of the other factors, El Nino, La Nina, sunspots, you know, moisture in the air Theres a variety of factors that contribute to the earth warming and cooling, and to me, this is an opportunity for the left to create — its really a beautifully concocted scheme because they know that the earth is gonna cool and warm And so its been on a warming trend so they said, "Oh, lets take advantage of that and say that we need the government to come in and regulate your life some more because its getting warmer" Just like they did in the 70s when it was getting cooler They needed the government to come in and regulate your life because its getting cooler Its just an excuse for more government control of your life And Ive never been for any scheme or even accepted the junk science behind the whole narrative"

"It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior, since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning "private" moral matters such as alternative lifestyles. Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm."

"In the Netherlands people wear a different bracelet if you’re elderly and the bracelet is ‘do not euthanize me.’ Because they have voluntary euthanasia in the Netherlands, but half the people who are euthanized every year, and it’s 10 percent of all deaths for the Netherlands, half of those people are euthanized involuntarily at hospitals because they are older and sick. And so elderly people in the Netherlands don’t go to the hospital, they go to another country, because they are afraid, because of budget purposes, that they will not come out of that hospital if they go in with sickness."

"Well, yes, absolutely, to say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that makes you throw up. What kind of country do we live that says only people of non-faith can come into the public square and make their case?"

"I dont care what the unemployment rate is going to be. It doesnt matter to me. My campaign doesnt hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates."

"Well what about three men? If reason says that if you think its OK for two, then you have to differentiate with me as to why its not OK for three."