The Best Rick Perry quotes

The most important thing for us is to save lives. — Rick Perry

Every life is precious. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

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

You don’t want to ruin a kid’s life for having a joint. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

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

When you look around the world, every place that socialism has been implemented, it has failed miserably, destroying the economy, freedom and–in Germany, the Soviet Union and other nations–millions of lives. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

I’ll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can. — Rick Perry

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

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

Juarez is reported to be the most dangerous city in America. — Rick Perry

Admit it America–2008 was our national ‘oops’ moment! — Rick Perry

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

America is looking for a consistent leader. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government. — Rick Perry

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? — Rick Perry

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

Obama is a president, who I think is anti–jobs. — Rick Perry

We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration. — Rick Perry

I don’t know, I’m workIng at the wIll of the presIdent, just lIke I always have. — Rick Perry

I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart. — Rick Perry

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

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. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

And as i recall the conversation, he said,’ look, the president is really concerned that there are people in ukraine that tried to beat him during this presidential election,’. — Rick Perry

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

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. — Rick Perry

One of the reasons that Im running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States. — Rick Perry

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

And I think most people in this country want to see a president that’s got the courage to say we’re going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we’re going to get Americans working. — Rick Perry

My hope is that that person will come forward that can win the presidency that we can all get behind. — Rick Perry

That is why today, i am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the united states. — Rick Perry

Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion. — Rick Perry

Isis represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism! — Rick Perry

You would not want to wager that Your liberties and Your freedoms in a country–the united states in this case–should be left solely to the free market. — Rick Perry

The Obama administration is an affront to every freedom–loving American, and a threat to every private sector job in this country. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom. — Rick Perry

How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills? — Rick Perry

Why not come and talk to the number one oil and gas producing country in the world? — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

There is evil prowling in the world–it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. — Rick Perry

We are the number one oil and gas producer in the world, We don’t intend to use it as a Weapon. We intend to make it available and in as many places and as competitively priced as We can. — Rick Perry

Iran knows what the rules of being a good citizen in the world are, if they continue to live outside of the bounds of that, i suspect the u.s. will continue to have a very strong and harsh line toward them. — Rick Perry

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That’s what makes them criminals. — Rick Perry

I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world. — Rick Perry

Job creation, not higher taxation, is the best form of revenue generation. — Rick Perry

It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

It’s time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over–bearing federal government. — Rick Perry

Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We’ve never been outscored. We just ran out of time. — Rick Perry

From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented. — Rick Perry

It is time for the president and congress to secure our border, followed by meaningful reforms. there is no more time for polItical grandstanding. — Rick Perry

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

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

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. — Rick Perry

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. — Rick Perry

It’s… time to introduce scholarship programs that give students a choice, especially those who are locked into low–performing schools. — Rick Perry

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