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"In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down."

Rick Perry on Government

More quotes about Government

  • "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities."

    Thomas Jefferson on Government

  • "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

    Winston Churchill on Government

  • "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

    Thomas Jefferson on Government

  • "Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

    George Washington on Government

  • "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one."

    Thomas Paine on Government

More quotes by Rick Perry

  • "Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry."

  • "Obamacare has got everyone on edge. I mean, small business - men and women or big business are sitting out there saying we have no idea what this is going to cost, but we know it's going to cost us and cost us a lot."

  • "We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business."

  • "Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A."

  • "I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate."

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