I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world.

- Rick Perry

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

- Rick Perry

Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion.

- Rick Perry

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same …

- Rick Perry

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

- Rick Perry

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That'…

- Rick Perry

We will reverse course on the heavy hand of regulation, discarding Dodd-Frank and any other regulations that advance a political agenda at the expens…

- Rick Perry

I'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.

- Rick Perry

The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own …

- Rick Perry