Rick Scott Quotes

• I believe that free-market principles will solve our healthcare problems.

  Rick Scott

  Believe, Principles, Healthcare

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• I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

  Rick Scott

  Taken, Leader, Lessons

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• It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach.

  Rick Scott

  Government, Self, Law

  "Gov. Rick Scott rejects request to ban concealed weapons outside GOP convention in Tampa", www.foxnews.com. May 2, 2012.

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• How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenue in half? That's why the healthcare system won't change the healthcare system.

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  Cutting, Half, Want

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• I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

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  Party, Responsibility, Government

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• I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.

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  Florida, World, Exciting

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• Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what it has previously taken from us.

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  Taken, Government, Giving

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• We've allowed our military to decay, and we project weakness on the international stage.

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  Military, Weakness, Decay

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

  Rick Scott

  Citizens, Voters

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

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  Fun, Thinking, People

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• You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.

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  People, Want, Neighborhood

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• If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.

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  Careers, Politician, Mess

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• I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

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  Thinking, People, Trying

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• I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.

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  Jobs, Frustration, Small Business

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• I'm supposed to enforce the laws of the land. The law of Florida is that if you're a noncitizen, you don't vote in these races.

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  Law, Land

  "John King, USA" with John King, edition.cnn.com. June 12, 2012.

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• It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

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  Being Yourself, Acceptance, Florida

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• Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.

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  People, Drug, Study

  "Rick Scott says welfare recipients are more likely to use illicit drugs" by Aaron Sharockman, www.politifact.com. June 9, 2011.

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• I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Stimulus

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 25, 2010.

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• My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.

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  Jobs, People, Decision

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• I focused on jobs. I built private sector jobs all my life. That's what the race was about. Who was going to build private sector jobs? My opponent who never had one? Or me? That's why I won last night.

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  Jobs, Private Sector, Built

  "John King, USA" with John King, edition.cnn.com. August 25, 2010.

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• It's a hard job to become president.

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  Jobs, President, Hard

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• We ought to be bragging about Florida!

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  Florida, Bragging, Ought

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• I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.

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  Thinking, People, Choices

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• Set a goal, measure it, change if you need to, keep going after the goal.

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  Goal, Needs, Ifs

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• I don't like losing money. I don't go gamble. Because I don't want to lose any money. I didn't grow up with any money and I'm not going to go gamble and lose money.

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  Growing Up, Want, Losing

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