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I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
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If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.
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I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
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My wife and I are living large in our beloved Miami and I'm working on the things that are important to me.
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We had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.
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I would say national security is work in progress.
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I think the voters can make up their own minds.
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I've never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry.
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I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.
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Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.
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I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.
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Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.
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If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.
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Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.
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The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.
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Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
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If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. And that record was one of solving problems completely from a conservative prospective.
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Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.
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I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.
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I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.
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Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker.
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I'm getting nervous to be called a centrist. Breaking out in a rash.
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I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.
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In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.