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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. "
Sonny Perdue
Rain
Question
Homework
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" When you combine the men and women deployed from our military installations with activated reservists and members of the National Guard, Georgia is contributing more personnel to the theatre than any other State in our Union. "
Sonny Perdue
You
More
Theatre
" 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
" 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
" I expect each and every USDA employee to uphold their fellow Americans' First Amendment freedoms. "
Sonny Perdue
First
First Amendment
Expect
" 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 not in the heart of America to see others go hungry. "
Sonny Perdue
Heart
See
Others
" We simply believe that everyone who lives in our state needs to abide by our laws. "
Sonny Perdue
Laws
Believe
Everyone
" 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
" Repentance comes from the heart. "
Sonny Perdue
Heart
Repentance
" Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections. "
Sonny Perdue
Step
Common Sense
Integrity
" 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
" If I want to call somebody's name out, I want to make sure they've done wrong. "
Sonny Perdue
Wrong
Call
Want
" 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. "
Sonny Perdue
Water
Land
Children
" The jury is still out on whether humans are causing climate change. "
Sonny Perdue
Climate Change
Change
Jury
" 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
" No, our greatness does not come from our government. "
Sonny Perdue
Come
Greatness
Government
" Ethanol is here to stay, and we're going to work for new technologies to be more efficient. "
Sonny Perdue
More
Here
Stay
" 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. "
Sonny Perdue
Insurance
You
Hope
" It doesn't hurt to be a former governor. It helps in terms of getting your phone calls returned. "
Sonny Perdue
Hurt
Phone
Phone Calls
" 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
" We can love all people while loving the law and expecting the law to be fulfilled, and that's a tricky balance. "
Sonny Perdue
Love
Loving
People
" 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
" 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
" 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
" The South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism. "
Sonny Perdue
Heritage
Destination
Driving
" I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp. "
Sonny Perdue
I Believe
Greatness
Nothing
" No American - Christian or otherwise - should have to choose between their careers and their faith. "
Sonny Perdue
American
Choose
Faith
" Food is a noble thing to trade. "
Sonny Perdue
Noble
Thing
Food
" I'm going to be the unapologetic chief advocate, chief salesman for American agriculture products around the world. You grow 'em, we're going to sell 'em. "
Sonny Perdue
Grow
Agriculture
American
" 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. "
Sonny Perdue
People
Best
America