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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. "
Sonny Perdue
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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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People
Best
America
" In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states. "
Sonny Perdue
Belong
Years
Everything
" While some of the critics are voicing legitimate concerns about the merits of a system of academic benchmarks, Common Core is frequently a straw man for the frustrations conservatives have with the federal government. "
Sonny Perdue
Critics
Government
Man
" I've helped create and save thousands of American jobs. "
Sonny Perdue
American
Save
Jobs
" My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service. "
Sonny Perdue
Leadership
Good
Knowledge
" I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp. "
Sonny Perdue
I Believe
Greatness
Nothing
" Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself. "
Sonny Perdue
Art
Facts
Best
" Floods, droughts, and natural disasters are a fact of life for farmers, ranchers, and foresters. They have persevered in the past, and they will adapt in the future - with the assistance of the scientists and experts at USDA. "
Sonny Perdue
Natural Disasters
Past
Life
" We have seen levee breaks and flooding in the wake of storms, some of which have caused the loss of life, and USDA is ready to assist in any way we can. "
Sonny Perdue
Storms
Life
Loss
" 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. "
Sonny Perdue
Trust
Rain
You
" We have to get out of the mindset that, 'If I invest $1 in crop insurance, I want to make sure I get a $1.10 or plus out of that.' "
Sonny Perdue
Out
Want
Insurance
" It's not in the heart of America to see others go hungry. "
Sonny Perdue
Heart
See
Others
" I think overall, from a deputy, from an undersecretary standpoint, the goal of a good leader is to get diversity across there. Geographical diversity is important. Industry diversity is important: you can't have all corn growers... Not only that, you've got gender diversity, you've got racial diversity. "
Sonny Perdue
Gender
Think
Leader
" But we know that the very God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. And sometimes we're called upon to defend both life and liberty - God's blessings to Americans, and indeed, to all of His creation. "
Sonny Perdue
Same
God
Know
" Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical about their government. "
Sonny Perdue
Become
People
Trust
" Food is a noble thing to trade. "
Sonny Perdue
Noble
Thing
Food
" Ethanol is here to stay, and we're going to work for new technologies to be more efficient. "
Sonny Perdue
More
Here
Stay
" The goal of any farmer, after producing enough to feed his own family, has always been to find the best place to sell the year's crop. "
Sonny Perdue
Farmer
Best
Family
" I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do. "
Sonny Perdue
Politics
Out
Touching
" I'm not very much of a 'name it and shame it' kind of guy. "
Sonny Perdue
Much
Kind
Guy
" Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins. "
Sonny Perdue
Agriculture
Born
Boy
" It's become a running joke among the public, and liberals have lost all credibility when it comes to climate science because their arguments have become so ridiculous and so obviously disconnected from reality. "
Sonny Perdue
Reality
Science
Credibility
" Repentance comes from the heart. "
Sonny Perdue
Heart
Repentance
" The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy. "
Sonny Perdue
Immigration
Rhetoric
Party
" I am a conservative Republican from the South. "
Sonny Perdue
I Am
Republican
Conservative
" One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground. "
Sonny Perdue
Life
Perspective
Sky
" Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections. "
Sonny Perdue
Step
Common Sense
Integrity
" The simple facts are these: We need higher standards in our schools, and we need to hold teachers accountable for the outcomes in their classrooms. "
Sonny Perdue
Teachers
Facts
Need
" The South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism. "
Sonny Perdue
Heritage
Destination
Driving
" No, our greatness does not come from our government. "
Sonny Perdue
Come
Greatness
Government