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" Food is a noble thing to trade. "
Sonny Perdue
Noble
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" My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government. "
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" I haven't run across anyone in Georgia who is not regretful and repentant of man's inhumanity when you talk about owning one another. "
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" In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states. "
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" We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on. "
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" I want to say something in a tough-love kind of way about crop insurance. Let's face it: You don't buy insurance on your house hoping it will burn down. Neither do we want to buy crop insurance and hope our crop fails so we can file. "
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" In Georgia, agriculture is one area where Democrats and Republicans consistently reached across the aisle and work together. "
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" Repentance comes from the heart. "
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" I want the USDA to look like America, and I want it to be the best, most effectively managed agency in the U.S. That starts with good people. "
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" I am a small business owner; I'm in the agri-business. That's about as blind a trust as you can get. We trust in the Lord for rain and many other things. "
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" The jury is still out on whether humans are causing climate change. "
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" Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you. "
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" If I want to call somebody's name out, I want to make sure they've done wrong. "
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" Ethanol is here to stay, and we're going to work for new technologies to be more efficient. "
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" It doesn't hurt to be a former governor. It helps in terms of getting your phone calls returned. "
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" I will absolutely be an advocate and a fighter where necessary. "
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