Rick Perry America Quotations

I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment.

It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State.

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.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

Vladimir Putin uses energy to hold our allies hostage. If energy is going to be used as a weapon, I say America must have the largest arsenal.

I believe in America. I believe in her purpose and her promise. I believe her best days have not yet been lived. I believe her greatest deeds are reserved for the generations to come.

Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment!

Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House.

Our best days are in front of us. We can reform those entitlements, we can change that corporate tax code and lower it. We can put America back on track on a growth level and a growth rate that we've never seen in the history of this country.

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.

I know something. America is not broken, Washington, D.C. is broken.

The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what the rule of law is truly all about.

Juarez is reported to be the most dangerous city in America.