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" In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times. "
Sonny Perdue
True
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" The only legacy I seek is the one that any grandparent seeks - that is, to hand off our nation... our fields and our farms to the next generation in better shape than we found it. "
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" We can love all people while loving the law and expecting the law to be fulfilled, and that's a tricky balance. "
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" I'm not sure about public apologies on behalf of other people as far as the motivation for them. "
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" I expect each and every USDA employee to uphold their fellow Americans' First Amendment freedoms. "
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" 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.' "
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" Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections. "
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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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" My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service. "
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" You don't try to fix things that aren't broken. "
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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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" Agriculture is in my heart. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not very much of a 'name it and shame it' kind of guy. "
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" I've helped create and save thousands of American jobs. "
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" We simply believe that everyone who lives in our state needs to abide by our laws. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism. "
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" Repentance comes from the heart. "
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" It is a commitment to our children and grandchildren to preserve a statewide network of land and water resources, prime agricultural and forestry lands, and natural, historic, and recreational areas for them to enjoy. "
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" The fact is that Common Core is no more responsible for a bizarre homework question than global warming is for a rain shower. "
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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 believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp. "
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" The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy. "
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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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