Rick Perry Quotes
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As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.
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We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration.
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It's a Tenth Amendment issue. If you want Washington, if you want to implement their standards, that's your call... We certainly had higher standards than Common Core, so it was a very easy decision for Texans, myself and the legislature included, to basically say we still believe that Texans know how to best run Texas.
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Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
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Under Obama, our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export.
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I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment.
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ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism!
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How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?
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We will reverse course on the heavy hand of regulation, discarding Dodd-Frank and any other regulations that advance a political agenda at the expense of jobs and investment on Main Street.
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I believe in America. I believe in her purpose and her promise. I believe her best days have not yet been lived. I believe her greatest deeds are reserved for the generations to come.
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I'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.
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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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I mean I hate to be conspiratorial, but I mean how do you move that many people from Central America across Mexico and then into the United States without there being a fairly coordinated effort?
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I don't believe man-made global warming is settled in science enough.
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America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.
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We must do right and risk the consequences.
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I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.
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I'm more Jewish than you think I am...I read the part of the Bible that said the Jews are God's chosen people.
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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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Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.
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I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.
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I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.
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Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics.
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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.