Rick Perry Quotes

We have to bring back that Reagan optimism.

I consider myself a Republican.

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.

To all of you who are Republicans of long standing, I hope you appreciate that I always tried to stand for conservative values.

Actually, I'm a Republican.

The Republican party should have learned its lesson -- that it must be a conservative party.

I am a conservative Republican from the South.

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

I will ensure the conservative legacy and leadership of Tom Price, Johnny Isakson, and Newt Gingrich will continue.

We have to have somebody that will express conservative views, of course, and I'm looking for somebody that is very Reaganesque. Someone that can reach all aspects of our voting population here in America.

I'm not worried about a 'blue wave,' I just think Republicans have to act like Republicans and govern like Republicans.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.

I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

I think what the Tea Party movement is - I'm all for it; they're out there fighting for our rights, fighting for what our forefathers stood for.

I'm a one-nation Tory.

I am a Reagan Republican.

President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.

If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.

The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

It's time for conservative Americans to do what Reagan did.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.