"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
"Those public employee union bosses think they already control the legislators, they already control everyone up there in Sacramento, and now, because they have the money, they want to control all of you, .. They want to raise your taxes. It's all going in that direction -- raising your taxes. But I'm here as your warrior, remember that. I want to protect you."
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Source: Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
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