Political Quotes

Rick Perry

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American politician

Quotes by year · 2005–2026137 total · peak 2011 (56)
2005: 3 quotes2008: 1 quote2009: 9 quotes2011: 56 quotes2012: 2 quotes2014: 19 quotes2015: 5 quotes2016: 1 quote2017: 11 quotes2018: 12 quotes2019: 6 quotes2020: 2 quotes2021: 3 quotes2022: 4 quotes2025: 1 quote2026: 2 quotes
Jun 23, 2014

Our responsibility as citizens, both as a State governor in my case and you as a Congressman, is to secure this country.

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Jun 23, 2014

Every day of delay risks more lives.

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Jun 23, 2014

Every child allowed to remain encourages hundreds more to attempt the journey.

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Jun 23, 2014

Whether it is the right decision from my perspective to immediately deport them or the short-sighted and tragic decision to essentially turn them loose in the United States, some may think by allowing them to stay here that it is a more…

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Jun 23, 2014

Let's make no mistake about it, there is more than one crisis happening on the U.S. border.

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Jun 23, 2014

I am tired of pointing fingers and blaming people.

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May 21, 2012

It's the ultimate insult for Mitt Romney to come to South Carolina and tell you he feels your pain, because he caused it.

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Jan 8, 2012

Now, I have no doubt that Mitt Romney was worried about pink slip, whether he was going to have enough of them to hand out, because his company, Bain Capital, and all the jobs that they killed.

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Dec 26, 2011

Rick Perry, he's always said he's pro life except in cases of rape, incest or the health of the mother. But he just told an Iowa crowd this evening he now opposes abortion in all those cases as well.

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Dec 6, 2011

The holidays are a special time of year to pause and take stock of the many blessings we enjoy. Not just as human beings, but as Americans, Texans. Of all those blessings, I offer that the most precious is our freedom.

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Dec 6, 2011

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian. But you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know that there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military, but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas…

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Dec 6, 2011

What we're seeing from the left, of which I would suggest to you that President Obama is a member of the left, and substantial left-of-center beliefs, that you can't even have a Christmas party.

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