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" We want taxpayers, not tax wasters. "
Rick Perry
Tax
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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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" 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. "
Rick Perry
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America
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" Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity. "
Rick Perry
Blue
Dark
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" I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being by a loving God. "
Rick Perry
Values
America
God
" I disagree with the concept that somehow or another we're going to pack up 10, to 12, to 15 million people and ship them back to the country of origin. That's not going to happen. "
Rick Perry
People
Back
Country
" Let's make what Americans buy. Buy what Americans make. And sell it to the world. "
Rick Perry
Make
World
Buy
" Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits. "
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Taxation
Other
Like
" 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. "
Rick Perry
Government
People
Lost
" Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House. "
Rick Perry
America
House
Page
" I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction. "
Rick Perry
American
Direction
New
" I've always believed the mission is greater than the man. "
Rick Perry
Always
Than
Mission
" Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California. "
Rick Perry
Marriage
Vote
Support
" Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now. "
Rick Perry
Winning
Champions
Cleaning
" It is up to us, to this present generation of Americans, to take a stand for freedom, to send a message to Washington that we're taking our future back from the grips of central planners who would control our healthcare, who would spend our treasure, who downgrade our future and micro-manage our lives. "
Rick Perry
Future
Control
Freedom
" We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise taxes; we came back in '05, and we had an $8 billion surplus. That's how fast it can happen. "
Rick Perry
Taxes
Here
Back
" My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be wealthy. I hope they aspire to have a better quality of life. And we have this class warfare that's going on now. And I don't agree with that. I'm interested in people getting to work. "
Rick Perry
Quality
Hope
Work
" Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. "
Rick Perry
Trigger
Pull
Guns
" I didn't say I was running, did I? "
Rick Perry
Running
Did
Say
" 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! "
Rick Perry
War
Country
World
" Obama is a president, who I think is anti-jobs. "
Rick Perry
I Think
Who
Think
" Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats. "
Rick Perry
Better
Govern
Lives
" 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. "
Rick Perry
Hope
America
Wind
" Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry. "
Rick Perry
Active
Citizenry
Best
" The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time. "
Rick Perry
Time
Job
Great
" We have the power to make things new again. To project American strength again, to get our economy going again. "
Rick Perry
Strength
Power
American
" I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement. "
Rick Perry
Question
Movement
Heart
" What I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life. "
Rick Perry
Life
Faith
Growing Up
" I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that. "
Rick Perry
You
Conservative
Fight
" 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. "
Rick Perry
Society
Children
Heart
" In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down. "
Rick Perry
Government
Same
Liberal