Rick Perry Quotes

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

I'm a great believer in governments doing as little as possible and people power doing the rest, so I'm in favour of governments being there to govern in the areas that need governing, not a whole heap of other things that they stick their sticky fingers into.

We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries: we are in politics to deal with them.

Whenever I had to make a difficult decision as a Congressman, I thoud think about the average citisen in my Congressional districr and how he would advise me if he knew everythign I knew about the issue.

I've always said I would serve where Montanans feel I could be the most effective.

Politics is about making institutions work somewhat better, helping people’s lives at the margins

When the federal government imposes a mandate on the states or supersedes a state policy, conservatives often rise in protest.

In our constitutional system, states are free to make decisions and bear the political consequences, good or bad, of those choices.

I am the candidate who defends the superiority of politics over the administration, the bureaucracy, the economy, and so I think it is politics which must decide.

I'm not a libertarian in the sense that I think all these social programs should be abolished in any sense.

Members of Congress are people too.

I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds.

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

We all need a government that solves our real problems and is not preoccupied with itself.

We need a Congress that cares more about doing the people's business than their own.

We need elected officials who care more about policy than politics.

I'm not here today to tell you government doesn't have a role to play. It does, but it needs to be the right role.

My priority always has and will continue to be the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn who sent me to Congress to represent them. Their interests come before Washington, always.

I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be the best fit for the people of Georgia rather than someone in Washington dictating it.

We think the government is running the country, but it is just a policymaker. Unknowingly, people are inviting the government to run their lives. The only business of the government is to come up with the right policies.

Spend a while listening to people in your district to make sure you understand how they are served well in government and how they could be served better.

The American people didn't send us to Congress to post our sympathies on social media. You can do that without going through the trouble of getting elected to Congress. This job is about setting rules that better protect us and our children.

My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.

Consistent conservatives believe people should keep more of the money they work so hard to earn - not because the vulnerable don't deserve assistance, but because individuals can and will make better and more effective financial and charitable choices with their money than government bureaucrats.

We've had enough career politicians in Helena who think the people are here to serve them. It's supposed to be the other way around.