Rick Perry Quotes
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We understand that you have to create an environment where that those men and women who are entrepreneurs can risk their capital and have an opportunity to get a return on their investment. That's how jobs are created. And that's what Americans are looking for, is that type of vision.
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Who knew, when you were watching the Verizon ad and the guy said, 'Can you hear me now,' that was really just a mic check for the Obama administration.
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Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.
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In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.
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We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.
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I'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.
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I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops.
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As long as it's not me, I'll be cool.
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We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing our rigorous academic standards.
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Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.
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If and when we get back to that solid, biblically and constitutionally based foundation in this country, America will be great - and America will be great again because we give people freedom, we dissolve power out of Washington.
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We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to deal with an individual who has been here maybe for some long period of time. Amnesty is not on the table period. There will be no amnesty in the United States. We're a country of law and the idea that we're going to tell people that somehow or another that that's all forgiven is not going to happen. How we deal with them is a conversation. I don't know if I know all the answers. I want to talk to the American people.
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I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.
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When you see what has happened in America, driving religion, driving believers from the public square, there is a clear connection to the challenges we have in this country morally, economically, militarily. It goes back to pushing biblical values out of the public square.
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It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.
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We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.
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I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects. And I think we are seeing almost weekly or even daily scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change.
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Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.
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We need a president that is sitting down, getting Americans to work, getting this economy going. That is the single most important thing that the president of the United States does, is create a climate where job creators know that they're going to be able to risk their capital and have a chance to have a return on the investment. And it's never too late to start that.
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Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.
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Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment!
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The great lesson of history for us is that strength and resolve bring peace and order, and weakness and vacillation invite chaos and conflict.
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Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
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America is looking for a consistent leader.