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

Rick Perry Quotes

We will reverse course on the heavy hand of regulation, discarding Dodd-Frank and any other regulations that advance a political agenda at the expense of jobs and investment on Main Street.

— Rick Perry

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.

— Rick Perry

We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise taxes; we came back in ’05, and we had an $8 billion surplus. That’s how fast it can happen.

— Rick Perry

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

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

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

The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it’s Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

— 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

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

I mean, Dodd-Frank is strangling small community banks. It doesn’t make any difference what the interest rate is. They’re not – they’re not going to loan the money because they can’t make any money for one thing plus the cost of compliance.

— Rick Perry

As long as it’s not me, I’ll be cool.

— Rick Perry

My policy will be to detain and deport every illegal alien who is apprehended in this country. And we’ll do it with an expedited hearing process so that millions of illegal aliens are not released into the general population with some hearing date down the road.

— 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

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

— Rick Perry

You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking.

— Rick Perry

I didn’t say I was running, did I?

— Rick Perry

Romance

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

— Rick Perry

You can always follow me on Tweeter.

— Rick Perry

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.

— Rick Perry

I see a nation filled with good, hardworking people who are wondering what happened to the country they knew. It wasn’t long ago that we were expected to pay our bills, we were able to pray at the town meeting, and we believed it was important to rely on ourselves or our families rather than government.

— Rick Perry

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