We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years. Rick Perry More Quotes by Rick Perry More Quotes From Rick Perry It takes balls to execute an innocent man. Rick Perry innocent-manballsmen 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 windrealitymoving Debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. It's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. Rick Perry abletearsideas You can always follow me on Tweeter. Rick Perry follow-merepublicanstupid The Republican candidates are talking about ways to transition this program and it is a monstrous lie. It is a ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today, you're paying into a program that's going to be there. Anybody that's for the status quo with Social Security today is involved with a monstrous lie to our kids, and it's not right. Rick Perry crazykidslying I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership. The specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away. Rick Perry walking-awayleadershipcountry I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects. And I think we are seeing almost weekly or even daily scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. Rick Perry numbersmenthinking Who knew, when you were watching the Verizon ad and the guy said, 'Can you hear me now,' that was really just a mic check for the Obama administration. Rick Perry checksadministrationguy From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented. Rick Perry oil-spillrepublicanstupid That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington. Rick Perry educationteacherchildren I mean, these are kids that are getting on rail cars, riding the top of rail cars all the way up through Mexico. I mean, the danger that they're put in, the sexual assaults that are occurring - I mean, all of this is a great consternation, I think, for any of us. But when they come here and then they're dumped on our cities and our counties and our state is expected to pick up the costs, there's a point in time where you say, 'Quit giving these individuals incentives to come up and then be resettled in the United States'. That's the real issue for me. Rick Perry realmeankids Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation. Rick Perry strongeducationschool We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing our rigorous academic standards. Rick Perry sacrificeeducationschool I didn't say I was running, did I? Rick Perry romancerunning I do agree that the science is not settled on this. The idea we would put Americans' economy in jeopardy based on scientific theory that is not settled yet to me is nonsense. Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said this is the fact... Galileo got outvoted for a spell. To put Americans' economic future in jeopardy, asking us to cut back in areas that would have monstrous economic impact on this country is not good economics and I would suggest is not necessarily good science. Rick Perry cuttingcrazycountry We must do right and risk the consequences. Rick Perry consequencerisk I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops. Rick Perry commercethirdselection Abstinence works, I know it from my own personal life, abstinence works. Rick Perry my-ownabstinenceknows 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. Rick Perry progressgovernmentuse 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. Rick Perry exceptionalheightclass
