Quote

My quarrel is not with the legitimate role of government but with the unlimited role of government.

Rick Perry

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Rick Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
Farmer
Governor Of Texas
Military Officer
Politician
Haskell
Texas
James Richard Perry
James Richard Rick Perry
Government
Quarrel
Quarrels
Legitimate
Unlimited
Role
Roles

More quotes by Rick Perry

Image
I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award.
Rick Perry
Image
You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund?
Rick Perry
Image
Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.
Rick Perry
Image
We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.
Rick Perry
Image
I got a feeling that after six years of disappointment, of mediocrity and decline, a slow course correction is not what voters are going to be looking for in 2016.
Rick Perry
Image
Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.
Rick Perry
Image
I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare.
Rick Perry
Image
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.
Rick Perry
Image
Juarez is reported to be the most dangerous city in America.
Rick Perry
Image
In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.
Rick Perry
Image
This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.
Rick Perry
Image
ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism!
Rick Perry
Image
The idea that you're going have zero people crossing the border is unrealistic. But today we know that's not the case. Today we know we've got a porous border and people are coming in, and we don't know who they are. So secure the border then we can have a conversation about it.
Rick Perry
Image
As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.
Rick Perry
Image
Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell.
Rick Perry
Image
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.
Rick Perry
Image
We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration.
Rick Perry
Image
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
Image
We're at the end of an era of failed leadership. We have been led by a divider [Barack Obama] who has sliced and diced the electorate, pitting American against American for political purposes.
Rick Perry
Image
Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.
Rick Perry