Rick Perry
Rick Perry
James Richard "Rick" Perryis an American politician who served as the 47th Governor of Texas from December 2000 to January 2015. A Republican, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become president. Perry was the longest-serving governor in Texas history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 March 1950
CityPaint Creek, TX
CountryUnited States of America
We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.
Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.
You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking.
I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare.
I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.
In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.
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.
When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.
It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.
It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.
It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.
My hope is that that person will come forward that can win the presidency that we can all get behind.
Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House.
Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.