The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.
Mia LoveHard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.
Mia LoveThe government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.
Mia LoveI understand people, and I think that my life and my history and what I represent can relate to a lot of the women, the independents, the moderate voters.
Mia LoveGrowing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while and that was to help me get through school.
Mia LoveThe influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.
Mia LoveRegardless of the difficulties we may face individually, in our families, in our communities and in our nation, the old adage is still true - you can make excuses or you can make progress, but you cannot make both! The America I know doesn't make excuses.
Mia LoveSo the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.
Mia LoveMy parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did exist as the land of opportunity.
Mia LoveThe Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.
Mia Love