Rick Perry Quotes

Under Obama, our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export.

Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

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.

I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate.

I don't think we've ever had a president who has more disdain for Washington than Barack Obama does, and he does things with executive orders or rules that you don't even see.

We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life.

We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.

I'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.

America is looking for a consistent leader.

Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.

There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But the idea that people can easily just stand up and say 'let's just build a fence' and be done with it and wipe our hands, and it's going to secure the border, that's not reality.

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.

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!

Great leaders have an ability, a characteristic of analyzing very good talent, and empowering that talent.

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.

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A.

I don't think Obama understands basic economics.

Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working.

This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

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.

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.

Abstinence works, I know it from my own personal life, abstinence works.

I would a whole lot rather had Carly Fiorina over there doing our negotiation than John Kerry. Maybe we would've gotten a deal where we didn't give everything away. But the issue for us is to have a Congress that stands up and says not only no, but "Hell no" to this money going to a [Iran] regime that is going to use it for terror...

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

I've always believed the mission is greater than the man.

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.

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.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

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.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

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.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

We need men and women with Christian values who know in their souls that America was providentially created and that for the last 200-plus years, when we've gone to God in prayer and asked for guidance, wisdom and strength, God has answered.

Obama is a president, who I think is anti-jobs.

But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A &

M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.

Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.

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.

Texas has long been known as the nation's largest energy producer, but we are equally proud of our distinction as the nation's leading energy innovator.

As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.

I didn't say I was running, did I?

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.

I think you need to have a tax system that basically is flat, fair and simple.

And - that you can put on a post card. I mean, even Timothy Geithner could do this one and get it on time.