Rick Perry Quotes
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Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.
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I don't want to be the president of the United States. I do want to work with the governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be.
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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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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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How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?
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Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment!
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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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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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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'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.
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Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
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I've never struggled with that at all....in the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer, you're involved with another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face the ultimate justice in the state of Texas, and that is, you will be executed.
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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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ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism!
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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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When a criminal breaks into your home I'll let the liberals call the lawyer. I'm going to call Smith & Wesson.
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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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America is looking for a consistent leader.
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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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Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.
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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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We need men and women with Christian values who know in their souls that America was providentially created and that for the last 200-plus years, when we've gone to God in prayer and asked for guidance, wisdom and strength, God has answered.
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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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When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.