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" 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
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" 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
" 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
" 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
" I am a conservative Republican from the South. "
Sonny Perdue
I Am
Republican
Conservative
" 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. "
Sonny Perdue
Chance
Us
Work
" Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections. "
Sonny Perdue
Step
Common Sense
Integrity
" I'm not sure about public apologies on behalf of other people as far as the motivation for them. "
Sonny Perdue
Motivation
Sure
Far
" 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
" We simply believe that everyone who lives in our state needs to abide by our laws. "
Sonny Perdue
Laws
Believe
Everyone
" I will absolutely be an advocate and a fighter where necessary. "
Sonny Perdue
Will
Fighter
Advocate
" 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
" You see, greatness for a state doesn't require some huge monument for all to see. It is not a journey to a particular destination - but a commitment to follow a course of constant and never-ending improvement. "
Sonny Perdue
Greatness
See
Journey
" I've helped create and save thousands of American jobs. "
Sonny Perdue
American
Save
Jobs
" Ethanol is here to stay, and we're going to work for new technologies to be more efficient. "
Sonny Perdue
More
Here
Stay
" 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
" 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
" No American - Christian or otherwise - should have to choose between their careers and their faith. "
Sonny Perdue
American
Choose
Faith
" I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp. "
Sonny Perdue
I Believe
Greatness
Nothing
" 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
World
Government
" 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
" My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government. "
Sonny Perdue
First
Trust
Culture
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Repentance comes from the heart. "
Sonny Perdue
Heart
Repentance
" 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
" 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