Rick Perry

“I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.”

“The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.”

“We are a resilient country. We've been through a Civil War; we've been through two World Wars. We've been through a Great Depression; we even made it through Jimmy Carter! We will make it through the Obama years!”

“It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.”

“Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.”

“I am going to give the American people a huge helping of unbridled truth: that we can't continue to spend what we are spending, that we can't avoid entitlement reform because we are afraid of third rail politics.”

“Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's stop trying to curry favor with them.”

“We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.”

“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.”

“I know something. America is not broken, Washington, D.C. is broken.”

“Vladimir Putin uses energy to hold our allies hostage. If energy is going to be used as a weapon, I say America must have the largest arsenal.”

“I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.”

“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 do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.”

“Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.”

“We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us.”

“According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high school, starting with this year's ninth grade class.”

“And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.”

“There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But the idea that people can easily just stand up and say 'let's just build a fence' and be done with it and wipe our hands, and it's going to secure the border, that's not reality.”

“I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.”