Quotes by Rick Perry

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

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.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

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.

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

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.

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

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

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.

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!