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" We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years. "
Rick Perry
Balance
Years
Texas
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" The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure. "
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" Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives. "
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" I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award. "
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" It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State. "
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" We will reverse course on the heavy hand of regulation, discarding Dodd-Frank and any other regulations that advance a political agenda at the expense of jobs and investment on Main Street. "
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" We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration. "
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" Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined. "
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" Every life is precious. "
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" 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. "
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" I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement. "
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" But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society. "
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Heart
" We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do. "
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Our
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" 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! "
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World
" 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. "
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Building
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" I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses. "
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" In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized. "
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People
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" In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people. "
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America
Subject
" Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats. "
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" Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed. "
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Washington
Desire
" Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government. "
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Goal
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" The Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American, and a threat to every private sector job in this country. "
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Country
Job
" We want taxpayers, not tax wasters. "
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" Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up! "
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" Here is what we know after more than a decade of Republican rule: Texas works. Even 'The New York Times' let it slip into its pages that, 'Texas is the future.' "
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" I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment. "
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" Obamacare has got everyone on edge. I mean, small business - men and women or big business are sitting out there saying we have no idea what this is going to cost, but we know it's going to cost us and cost us a lot. "
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" 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. "
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" I know something. America is not broken, Washington, D.C. is broken. "
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" I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job. "
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" America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech. "
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