Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry. – Rick Perry
Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we dont need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. Youre doing nothing more than killing jobs. Its a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A. – Rick Perry
Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government. – Rick Perry
You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if – if you send a bill to me that spends more money than what weve coming in, Ill veto it. I mean, Im going to try to work with you the best I can, but Im going to veto it. – Rick Perry