Rick Perry Quotes

When a criminal breaks into your home I'll let the liberals call the lawyer. I'm going to call Smith & Wesson.

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

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

It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.

It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.

Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.

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

We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.

[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.

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

America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.

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.'

I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.

Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.

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.

I mean I hate to be conspiratorial, but I mean how do you move that many people from Central America across Mexico and then into the United States without there being a fairly coordinated effort?

You don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint.

Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell.

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

As long as it's not me, I'll be cool.

We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us.

When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.

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.

A leader gets things done.

Whether you agree or disagree with Barack Obama, he is getting some things done, though not in the way most Americans would prefer or what is actually best for them.

Ted Cruz will point Americans back to the principles established by our Constitution enabling you to live free.

The economy is very different in the world that we're living in. And I think Americans are looking for executive leadership that actually has some experience of creating jobs.

The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what the rule of law is truly all about.

Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics.

America is looking for a consistent leader.

I know for a fact that Ted Cruz every day uses two checklists - to guide him through his personal and professional life - and that is the Bible and the U.S. Constitution.

Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.

We find ourselves in what I consider to be the most challenging, difficult, threatening time since World War II because of this War on Terror.

I don't want to be the president of the United States. I do want to work with the governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be.

If you cheat on your wife, you'll cheat on your business partner.

We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.

We have the power to make things new again. To project American strength again, to get our economy going again.