Akin, a six-term U.S. congressman, touted his socially conservative values on the primary campaign trail.

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Most importantly, I do not believe that my personal views and values should be the primary basis for making law.

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Evangelicals representing 60% of GOP voters in the South Carolina primary claimed to care most about family values and the sanctity of marriage, yet revealed their hypocrisy by disproportionately favoring Gingrich to Romney.

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The primary reasons we hit brick walls are miscommunications about values, interests, or definitions that are critical to closing the deal.

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Further, by deploying trust, values and a purpose-driven mission as the primary drivers for all business activities, interactions and decisions, companies can transform a workforce of bricklayers into a highly coordinated and inspired team of cathedral-builders whose inspired work generates both success and significance for our companies and the world.

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And I want to, again, give Bob Gates and Admiral Mullen enormous credit for having guided this process through in a way that preserves our primary responsibility to keep America safe and at the same time allows us to live up to our values.

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