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" I don't want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don't want to look like Oklahoma, I don't want to look like California. I want to be uniquely Texas. And that's not to diss anybody else. "
Rick Perry
Want
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" It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel. "
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" My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be wealthy. I hope they aspire to have a better quality of life. And we have this class warfare that's going on now. And I don't agree with that. I'm interested in people getting to work. "
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" Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment! "
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" Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. "
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" 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. "
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Wind
" 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. "
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" Let's make what Americans buy. Buy what Americans make. And sell it to the world. "
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" We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do. "
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Our
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" I didn't say I was running, did I? "
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" And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started. "
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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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Purpose
" In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized. "
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" President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity. "
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" But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society. "
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Society
Children
Heart
" Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up! "
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Government
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New
" Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans. "
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" 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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Us
" Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government. "
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Government
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" 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. "
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America
God
" We are a resilient country. We've been through a Civil War; we've been through two World Wars. We've been through a Great Depression; we even made it through Jimmy Carter! We will make it through the Obama years! "
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World
" Our best days are in front of us. We can reform those entitlements, we can change that corporate tax code and lower it. We can put America back on track on a growth level and a growth rate that we've never seen in the history of this country. "
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" Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity. "
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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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Time
" We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration. "
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Best
Stand Up
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" The Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American, and a threat to every private sector job in this country. "
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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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