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Being the Republican front-runner was three of the most exciting hours of my entire life. I've come to grips with it, and the only lasting effect is that I refuse to go on a stage that has more than one podium on it.

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Rick Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
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Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.
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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.
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Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.
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Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed.
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The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.
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Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell.
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I don't want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don't want to look like Oklahoma, I don't want to look like California. I want to be uniquely Texas. And that's not to diss anybody else.
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I didn't say I was running, did I?
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America does not need to be worried with bailing out a European country that has made irresponsible expenditures, and then all of a sudden, throws their hands up and say, Oh, please come save us. That is not our responsibility in the United States of America.
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America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.
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I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.
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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!
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When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.
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Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.
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Being the governor of a state is a more pivotal job in the future. I do indeed hope there's someone that says, I'm going to go to Washington, try to get back to our constitutional roots, devolve the centralization of government back to the states. So why would you want to be up there if the action is down here in the states?
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Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.
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Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future.
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From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.
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I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops.
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America is looking for a consistent leader.
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