Rick Perry Quotes


While I hope to one day reach a legislative consensus on school finance, we can no longer delay taking action that will benefit schoolchildren, parents, and taxpayers... They deserve better than unfulfilled promises and continued delays. They deserve immediate action. - Rick Perry



When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home. - Rick Perry



When our work is done, parents won't measure our success by how much money we spend, but whether more children learn. - Rick Perry



When it comes to conservative social issues, it saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with them. - Rick Perry



When a criminal breaks into your home I'll let the liberals call the lawyer. I'm going to call Smith & Wesson. - Rick Perry



What you see in all of their eyes and what you see in all their action is a great pride and professionalism with which they do their job. They believe in what they're doing there. And that is not only protecting America's freedoms, but also giving hope to a part of the world that really doesn't even know what those freedoms can mean to them. - Rick Perry