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Famous Quotes By Bobby Jindal

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The day that we've been fearing is upon us. — Bobby Jindal

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Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else. — Bobby Jindal

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The United States didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created the United States of America. It's the reason we are here today. This is an essential freedom and an essential right and I don't think you give up this right by simply taking a job. — Bobby Jindal

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Here's what I've found in Louisiana: The voters want to know what you believe, what you stand for, and what you plan to do, not what shade your skin is. — Bobby Jindal

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Every Republican will tell you they are for school choice, shrinking government, cutting the government workforce and getting rid of Common Core. But talk is cheap. Talk is just talk. I haven't just talked about these things. I've actually done these things. — Bobby Jindal

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Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see - but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections. — Bobby Jindal

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We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors? Government. Where do you go if you want a tax break? Government. Where do you go if you want a handout? Government. This must stop. — Bobby Jindal

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I think the American people are looking for real leadership. That's what I've done in Louisiana, that's what I'll do in America. — Bobby Jindal

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It's time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child instead of forcing the child to follow the dollars, so that every child has the opportunity to attain an education. — Bobby Jindal

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I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended. — Bobby Jindal

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If we want to save some money, let's just get rid of the court. — Bobby Jindal

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We are an aspirational society. We believe that circumstances of your birth do not determine your outcome. You shouldn't have to be born to wealthy parents or the right zip code to be successful and do great things in our country! — Bobby Jindal

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Immigration without assimilation is an invasion. — Bobby Jindal

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America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander in chief that believes in American exceptionalism again. — Bobby Jindal

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Planned Parenthood had better hope that Hillary Clinton wins this election, because I guarantee under President Jindal, January 2017, the Department of Justice and the IRS and everybody else that we can send from the federal government will be going in to Planned Parenthood. — Bobby Jindal

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It is time for Republicans in D.C. to fight. Too often, they give up; they negotiate with themselves. They said they would get rid of the unconstitutional amnesty. They didn't do that. They said they would repeal Obamacare if we gave them the majority. They didn't do that, either. — Bobby Jindal

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Finally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing consumption of oil and natural gas, which is driving world prices higher. — Bobby Jindal

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On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been. — Bobby Jindal

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Hillary Clinton, President Obama, they're trying to turn the American dream into the European nightmare. We need to rescue the country from socialism. — Bobby Jindal

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I think the president can set a tone and say we're not divided by gender, age, race. We're all Americans and want the same things. We want the best things for our kids. We want the rules to be fair. If they work hard, get a great education, they should be able to join the middle class. — Bobby Jindal

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The American dream means that you have the chance to work hard, get an education and do great things for yourself, for your kids. The great thing in American is it doesn't matter what your last name is, doesn't matter if you're wealthy. — Bobby Jindal

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Weakness actually is a provocative to evil. You don't beat evil with weakness. You don't beat evil with concessions. You don't beat radical Islam by giving them more territory, giving them more money. You beat evil by strength. — Bobby Jindal

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Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast. — Bobby Jindal

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A job for your family, a paycheck in your mailbox - they're the ultimate proof that your state is doing things right! — Bobby Jindal

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My parents are proud of their Indian heritage, but they came halfway across the world so their children could be born here, raised here as Americans. They came legally, but they came here in search of the American dream, in search of freedom and opportunity. — Bobby Jindal

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There has been failure, particularly with the effort to protect our coast and our marsh. And that was the biggest topic of discussion in a very frank meeting we had with the president. — Bobby Jindal

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I want to create a culture of life where every innocent human life is welcome to the world. I know those are difficult cases, but I am prolife. And I understand we've got to go through the Supreme Court. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm so tired of the left trying to divide us by race. One of the things I said today in my speech, we're not Indian-Americans, African-Americans, Irish-Americans, rich Americans, poor Americans. We're all Americans. — Bobby Jindal

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The shell fishing industry represents a major part of Louisiana's economy. — Bobby Jindal

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Police officials routinely execute search warrants on private homes and offices, and Congressional offices should not be treated any differently. There cannot be one set of rules for elected officials and another set of rules for everyone else. — Bobby Jindal

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I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that violate our sincerely held religious beliefs. We have to stand up and fight for religious liberty. That's where this fight is going. — Bobby Jindal

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America is the most compassionate country in the entire world. We do more for folks around this world. And that's the nature of the American people. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm not for amnesty. I've never been for amnesty, will never be for amnesty. — Bobby Jindal

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When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again. — Bobby Jindal

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People say both Obama and I have trouble laughing at ourselves. We can't laugh at ourselves. That would be racist! — Bobby Jindal

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Every Republican has a one-liner on ObamaCare. I've got detailed plans on energy independence, on school choice, on health care, on foreign policy. They all hire somebody to write their plans. They can borrow mine. I've actually got ideas. Enough with the slick talkers. Let's elect somebody that's done something. — Bobby Jindal

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My Christian faith teaches me marriage is between man and a woman. I'm not evolving with the polls. I'm not changing like Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. — Bobby Jindal

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We need a doer, not a talker. — Bobby Jindal

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Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm tired of hyphenated Americans. — Bobby Jindal

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I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm not worried about where Barack Obama is from. I'm worried about where he's going. — Bobby Jindal

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If I were to run for president, it's because I believe in our country. — Bobby Jindal

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We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy. — Bobby Jindal

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I think the American people would be compassionate and practical. But we need to be talking about assimilation as well, something that is politically incorrect, I know, to say that people should learn English, should learn American exceptionalism, shouldn't come here to use our freedoms to undermine the freedoms we give to everybody. But there's nothing wrong with saying people who want to come here should want to be Americans. — Bobby Jindal

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The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with. — Bobby Jindal

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In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State. — Bobby Jindal

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I've got the courage to apply our conservative principles. I can't do it alone. With your help, with God's grace, we can save the idea of America before it's too late. — Bobby Jindal

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My background is in health care. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm not running for president to be somebody, I'm running for president to do something! — Bobby Jindal

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I'm a constitutional conservative. I'm a Reagan constitutional conservative. I can think of no three better words to describe my political philosophy. And I will remain a Reagan constitutional conservative. It doesn't matter to what the elites D.C. think in the Republican or the Democratic Party — Bobby Jindal

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I don't think anybody should be expanding Medicaid. I think it's a mistake to create new and more expensive entitlement programs when we can't afford the ones we've got today. We've got to stop this culture of government dependence. — Bobby Jindal

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Please deal with the Radical Islamic Threat today. — Bobby Jindal

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We must insist on assimilation - immigration without assimilation is an invasion. We need to tell folks who want to come here, they need to come here legally. They need to learn English, adopt our values, roll up their sleeves and get to work. — Bobby Jindal

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Unfortunately, we are finding the bureaucratic inefficiencies and red tape have a tendency to slow the efforts of individuals and communities working to rebuild. — Bobby Jindal

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When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with no threat of sanction or penalty. — Bobby Jindal

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When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism then clearly I would argue that we've lost our way. — Bobby Jindal

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The gist of what Mayor Giuliani said
that the President has shown himself to be completely unable to speak the truth about the nature of the threats from these ISIS terrorists - is true. — Bobby Jindal

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The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems. — Bobby Jindal

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I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role of the federal government, i do hope that Common Core will be one more, one more reason for us to have this bigger debate, this bigger conversation about the proper role of the federal government in local education. — Bobby Jindal

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India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries. — Bobby Jindal

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We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production. — Bobby Jindal

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We must stop being the stupid party. — Bobby Jindal

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It's not controversial to say that human activity is contributing in some way. The question is how serious that is. — Bobby Jindal

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Under President Obama and Secretary Clinton, they're working hard to change the American dream into the European nightmare. They do celebrate more dependence on the government. — Bobby Jindal

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Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation. — Bobby Jindal

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Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have on things we do not need? — Bobby Jindal

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Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total. — Bobby Jindal

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Simply expanding Medicaid does not improve health care outcomes. In Louisiana, instead we're helping people getting better paying jobs so they can provide for their own health care. — Bobby Jindal

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First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts. — Bobby Jindal

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The American dream is at jeopardy. This president [Obama] has defined the American dream as more dependence on the government. We need to restore the American dream so it's more about opportunity and growth and not redistribution. — Bobby Jindal

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Here's an idea: How about just 'Americans?' That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our 'separateness' is a step backward. Bring back the melting pot. — Bobby Jindal

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I would sign an executive order protecting religious liberty, our first amendment rights, so Christian business owners and individuals don't face discrimination for having a traditional view of marriage. — Bobby Jindal

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The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders. — Bobby Jindal

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If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's last election for governor. If I were afraid of polls, we wouldn't have privatized our charity hospital system, we wouldn't cut our state budget 26%, wouldn't have cut over 30,000 state government bureaucrats, wouldn't have done statewide school choice. Here's the real record. — Bobby Jindal

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We've got to stop being the stupid party ... It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. — Bobby Jindal

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We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works. — Bobby Jindal

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To succeed, we have to be the party of change, we have to root out corruption in our own ranks and we have to be the party of solutions. — Bobby Jindal

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A lot of Republican candidate will tell you they'll protect innocent human life and they'll hunt down ISIS and get rid of Common Core, but we're actually doing things in our state. We need a doer, not a talker. — Bobby Jindal

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If we were to expand Medicaid, for every uninsured person we would cover, we'd kick more than one person out of private insurance or remove their opportunity to get private insurance. We're going to have too many people in the cart rather than pulling the cart. — Bobby Jindal

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You can look at that by comparing Medicare's growth rates to the private insurance world, to the other Federal programs that we run, by looking at the billions of dollars, not millions but billions of dollars, we waste every year. — Bobby Jindal

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Every time someone takes a sip of Guinness, a part of straight marriage dies, — Bobby Jindal

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As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language. — Bobby Jindal

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Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island. — Bobby Jindal

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In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders. — Bobby Jindal

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It has become fashionable in Washington to argue that Obamacare cannot be reversed. That is nonsense. It's a fight worth waging, and a fight which can be won. — Bobby Jindal

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The Republican party does have a lot of work to do. But changing our principles is not a winning strategy. We need to modernize, not moderate. — Bobby Jindal

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As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. — Bobby Jindal

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The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English. — Bobby Jindal

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We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm running [ for presidency] because we need to take our country back. — Bobby Jindal

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I'm not running to manage the decline of this great country. I'm running to make real changes. — Bobby Jindal

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I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being racist. We're not racist. We love our fellow man, we think we're all equal under God's eyes, we don't believe we should change the definition of marriage simply because of opinion polls or because of a court that quite frankly isn't looking at the constitution. — Bobby Jindal

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No subject was more important in the 2014 elections than healthcare, and Republicans in Congress should waste no time in taking decisive action in response to the voters'€ demands. Obamacare has escalated costs, disrupted coverage, and introduced bad incentives throughout our healthcare system. Congress must repeal Obamacare and send the president a replacement package of reforms that protects freedom and focuses on the real problem with American healthcare -€" affordability. — Bobby Jindal

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Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. — Bobby Jindal

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We want to rescue the American dream. — Bobby Jindal

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Conservative ideas don't just sound good. They actually work. That's the secret of our success. — Bobby Jindal

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As president I would actually name the enemy, radical Islamic terrorists. We've got a president [ Barack Obama] who wants to apologize for America and wants to criticize medieval Christian and wants to wage war on junk food. He won't even say the words "radical Islamic terrorists." — Bobby Jindal

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We got a lot of politicians that will kiss babies, cut ribbons, do whatever it takes to be popular. That's not why I ran for office. I ran for office to make the generational changes in Louisiana. — Bobby Jindal

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I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans. — Bobby Jindal