Rick Scott Quotes

• 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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• 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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• 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.

  Rick Scott

  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.

  Rick Scott

  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.

  Rick Scott

  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.

  Rick Scott

  Taken, Government, Giving

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• I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

  Rick Scott

  Mistake, Thinking, Stimulus

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

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

  Rick Scott

  Thinking, People, Trying

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

  Rick Scott

  Jobs, Frustration, Small Business

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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.

  Rick Scott

  People, Want, Neighborhood

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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.

  Rick Scott

  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.

  Rick Scott

  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 can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote.

  Rick Scott

  Citizens, Vote, Imagine

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

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• I was in the Navy as an enlisted man, started my first business when I was 21.

  Rick Scott

  Men, Navy, Firsts

  "Interview with Florida GOP Gov. Nominee Rick Scott". Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 25, 2010.

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• Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.

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  Jobs, Motivation, America

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

  Rick Scott

  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.

  Rick Scott

  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.

  Rick Scott

  Jobs, President, Hard

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• We ought to be bragging about Florida!

  Rick Scott

  Florida, Bragging, Ought

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