Rick Perry Quotes

We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.

I know something. America is not broken, Washington, D.C. is broken.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

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.

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

The great lesson of history for us is that strength and resolve bring peace and order, and weakness and vacillation invite chaos and conflict.

I'm actually for gun control
use both hands.

It's ... time to introduce scholarship programs that give students a choice, especially those who are locked into low-performing schools.

We must do right and risk the consequences.

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

Beautiful, luscious and flowing. Atop the governor's head.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

My hope is that that person will come forward that can win the presidency that we can all get behind.

When a criminal breaks into your home I'll let the liberals call the lawyer. I'm going to call Smith & Wesson.

Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House.

I don't believe man-made global warming is settled in science enough.

I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being by a loving God.

It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.

Juarez is reported to be the most dangerous city in America.

Abstinence works, I know it from my own personal life, abstinence works.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

You can always follow me on Tweeter.

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.

Above all, let us pray for our children.

From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.

As long as it's not me, I'll be cool.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

Those of you that will be 21 by November the 12th, I ask for your support and your vote.

We want taxpayers, not tax wasters.

We have the power to make things new again. To project American strength again, to get our economy going again.

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

Obama is a president, who I think is anti-jobs.

You don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint,

It takes balls to execute an innocent man.

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

Vladimir Putin uses energy to hold our allies hostage. If energy is going to be used as a weapon, I say America must have the largest arsenal.

Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.

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.

I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops.

I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare.

I've always believed the mission is greater than the man.

Let's stop this American downward spiral.

ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism!

Let's make what Americans buy. Buy what Americans make. And sell it to the world.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.

We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration.

Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.

It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.

I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world.

Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell.

I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?

Yeah, that's a cool name, but it's a monstrous intrusion into our affairs.

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.

I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.

When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.

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.

Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Guns require a finger to pull the trigger.

My quarrel is not with the legitimate role of government but with the unlimited role of government.

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.

You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking.

We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.

Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment!

We don't have to apologize for American exceptionalism or western values.

The Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American, and a threat to every private sector job in this country.

The most important thing for us is to save lives.

I didn't say I was running, did I?

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

Four semesters of organic chemistry made a pilot out of me.

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.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test,

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

Eliminate agencies that perform redundant functions ... Get rid of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy.

Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future.