I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on. Rick Perry More Quotes by Rick Perry More Quotes From Rick Perry , Rick Perry suggested Donald Trump with swing state-voters is a headline grabber not a problem solver. ‘ For the last 14 years, I’ve had to live in the real world and deal with real world issues and come up with real world solutions. Rick Perry politics I think that it makes a lot of sense to send a message across this country, if we believe in the Second Amendment, and we believe in people's right to protect themselves and defend themselves, and their families. Rick Perry politics I think we have the laws in place. Enforcement of those laws is what seems to be lacking, both in Charleston and here in Lafayette, Louisiana, we see individuals who are obviously mentally impacted. These are individuals who I think that somewhere, somebody didn't do their job in the standpoint of enforcing the laws that are only on the book. Rick Perry politics I believe that, with all my heart, that if you have the citizens who are well trained, and particularly in these places that are considered to be gun-free zones, that we can stop that type of activity, or stop it before there's as many people that are impacted as what we saw in Lafayette. Rick Perry politics His attack on veterans make him unfit to be Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, and he should immediately withdraw from the race for President. Rick Perry top-news For too long, we Republicans have been content to lose the black vote because we found that we could win elections without it, when we gave up on trying to win the support of African-Americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as the party of Lincoln. Rick Perry top-news When we gave up on trying to win the support of African-Americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as the party of Lincoln, i am here to tell you that it is Republicans, not Democrats, who are truly offering black Americans the hope of a better life for themselves and their children. Rick Perry top-news Today's ruling ends the false narrative that environmental protection can only be achieved through one-size-fits-all federal mandates and at the expense of economic growth - a premise that has been debunked in states like Texas, where smart regulations have proven economic opportunity and environmental protection are not mutually exclusive. Rick Perry us-news One size will not fit all. That's not how this country was set up. This week the Supreme Court made decisions that, I'll be real honest with you, I didn't agree with at all, i have said from the get-go that these decisions, particularly that decision about traditional marriage, needed to be made in the states. I believe that with all my heart. That is where that needs to be decided. Rick Perry politics Until you've done it you don't even realize what a challenge it is - these broad array of issues that you just have to have more than just passing knowledge of. Rick Perry politics People are going to make mistakes and people know that. Rick Perry politics Any time there is an accident like this, the President is clear, he doesn't like for Americans to have guns, and so he uses every opportunity, this being another one, to basically go parrot that message. Rick Perry politics President Obama is left to argue chlorine gas attacks on the Syrian people are not chemical warfare, there is a great price to be paid when America does not lead, and innocent Syrian civilians are paying that price today. Rick Perry politics 2016 isn't going to be an election about whoever's got the loftiest rhetoric, folks are going to look past at what people are saying and look at what you've done. Rick Perry politics If it hadn't been for South Carolina, there would be no Texas. Rick Perry politics Jeb Bush don't get to just pick and choose the amendments Jeb Bush like and discard the ones that don't agree with Jeb Bush political agenda. Rick Perry politics I think Americans are looking for somebody to come into Washington D.C. and to get away from all of this drama that we've seen from Secretary Clinton over the course of the last few days, i think they're ready for someone who is not a Washington creation. Rick Perry top-news I feel comfortable that we'll be able to sit or stand on the stage with the competition and have a really good back and forth. Rick Perry top-news A year out from the New Hampshire primaries I'm not sure it means anything. Rick Perry top-news I think it falls flat in the face of the American people when it comes to, are you going to trust an individual who has taken that much money from a foreign source? Where's your loyalty? Rick Perry politics