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" 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. "

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

Rick Perry

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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. "

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

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

" We want taxpayers, not tax wasters. "

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

" 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! "

" But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom. "

" Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me that spends more money than what we've coming in, I'll veto it. I mean, I'm going to try to work with you the best I can, but I'm going to veto it. "

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

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

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

" I mean, Dodd-Frank is strangling small community banks. It doesn't make any difference what the interest rate is. They're not - they're not going to loan the money because they can't make any money for one thing plus the cost of compliance. "

" 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. "

" You see, as Americans we're not defined by class, and we will never be told our place. What makes our nation exceptional is that anyone, from any background, can climb the highest of heights. "

" Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A. "

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

" Let's stop this American downward spiral. "

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

" 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. "

" According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high school, starting with this year's ninth grade class. "

" 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. "

Rick Perry

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" I think you need to have a tax system that basically is flat, fair and simple. And - that you can put on a post card. I mean, even Timothy Geithner could do this one and get it on time. "

" 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

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Economics

" You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund? "