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" I don't think Obama understands basic economics. Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working. "

Rick Perry

Think

Economics

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

" It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State. "

" We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

" We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us. "

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" Here is what we know after more than a decade of Republican rule: Texas works. Even 'The New York Times' let it slip into its pages that, 'Texas is the future.' "

" When it comes to conservative social issues, it saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with them. "

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

" Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed. "

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

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

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

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

" Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you. "

" There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But the idea that people can easily just stand up and say 'let's just build a fence' and be done with it and wipe our hands, and it's going to secure the border, that's not reality. "

" 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. "

" In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down. "

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

" Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. "

" Obamacare has got everyone on edge. I mean, small business - men and women or big business are sitting out there saying we have no idea what this is going to cost, but we know it's going to cost us and cost us a lot. "