“My parents started a business out of the living room of our home and, 30-plus years later, it was a multimillion dollar company. So, President Obama, with all due respect, don't tell me that my parents didn't build their business.”
“My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.”
| Andrew Carnegie, Businessman (1835) |
| Shelagh Delaney, Playwright (1939) |
| Bob Ehrlich, Politician (1957) |
| Robert. L. Ehrlich, Politician (1957) |
| Martin Feldstein, Economist (1939) |
| Jerry Ferrara, Actor (1979) |
| Helen Gahagan, Actress (1900) |
| Joe Gibbs, Coach (1940) |
| Charlaine Harris, Author (1951) |
| Pope John XXIII, Clergyman (1881) |
| Roald Dahl, Novelist (1990) |
| Laurence Harvey, Actor (1973) |
| Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Author (1950) |
| Charles Kettering, Inventor (1958) |