Rick Scott Quotes

From my standpoint, I want to work with homeland security, justice to make sure that U.S. citizens' vote is not diluted.

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Sure, Homeland Security, Diluted

In Florida, we're the best melting pot in the world. We love everybody coming to our state.

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Love, World, Everybody, Pot

While the federal government is committed to paying 100% of the cost of new people in Medicaid, I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care.

- Rick Scott

New, Committed, Deny, Uninsured

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

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Citizen, Voter, Being, Kicked

Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid, and we're not going to implement exchanges.

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Florida, Going, Expand, Obamacare

I am very much opposed to forcing anyone to violate their conscience or their religious beliefs, and of course, I'm very much opposed to discrimination.

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Religious, Very, Opposed, Forcing

There's a book out called 'How Money Walks' written by Travis Brown. He's followed annual adjusted gross income from 1992 to 2011. Approximately $100 billion has moved to Florida from all over the country. Number two is Arizona. Where does it come from? It's come from New York; it's come from New Jersey; and it's come from California.

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Country, Florida, Income, Adjusted

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

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Will, Limited, Limited Government

History has repeatedly shown that the costs of many government healthcare programs far exceed early projections.

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Costs, Repeatedly, Shown, Exceed

We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.

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Education, Goal, Florida, Workforce

Jesus Christ is my savior.

- Rick Scott

Jesus Christ, Christ, Jesus, Savior

Here in Florida, we know plenty about the Castro brothers, and we hear stories of their ruthless and violent rule far too often. It is shameful that we would grant them any shred of legitimacy.

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Here, Violent, Castro, Grant

We know Zika's not going to go on vacation.

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Know, Go, Going, Vacation

I have recommended cutting the tax on cell phones and TVs for every Florida family so they can save around $43 a year for spending as little as $100 a month on cell phone and TV bills combined.

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Year, Florida, TV, Recommended

I'm never going to become an expert on how you get delegates. I think what you've got to do is follow the will of voters.

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Think, Expert, I Think, Delegates

When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.

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Some, Other, Voters, Primary

My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.

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Think, I Think, Sure, Good Education

Shipping by water is cheaper than by rail, which is cheaper than by truck.

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Cheaper, Than, Which, Shipping

I'm supposed to enforce the laws of the land.

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Land, Laws, Supposed, Enforce

My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.

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Job, Florida, Laws, Enforce

You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.

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Business, Build, Going, Business People

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

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Small, Small Businesses, Businesses

I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses.

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Up, Stood, Believed, Businesses

When businesses think of locating in North America, I want to make sure that they think first about Florida.

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Think, Sure, North America, Businesses

Faced with a deep recession, some say the answer is to expand the role of government.

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Deep, Some, Expand, Faced

It is appalling that President Obama would cut off federal health care dollars to Florida in an effort to force our state further into Obamacare.

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Florida, Cut, Obama, Appalling

In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.

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Doing, Think, I Think, Ran

Everybody that has a measurement, whether it's in teaching or whether it's in your job, you're always worried how you will be measured.

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Always, Measured, Everybody, Measurement

Students can spend their money better than government can. It should not require a federal loan and decades of debt for students to get a college degree. Price limits access - plain and simple.

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College, Loan, Access, Decades

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

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Think, How, Other, Respectful

You know, Floridians, we've paid into Social Security. Like a lot of other government programs, we sent money to D.C. We expect to get that money back. We expect that our Social Security is real. So, we have to fix Social Security.

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Back, Other, Social Security, Government Programs

I support Donald Trump because I believe he's a businessperson that's going to get the economy going, but also he's going to focus on how we destroy ISIS.

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Going, Trump, Donald, Businessperson

Allowing casinos to operate without having races could result in the end of dog racing in Florida as we know it. Right now, greyhound racing is in many cases a money-losing proposition, but the dog tracks are forced to continue it because they have to have races in order to operate the lucrative casinos.

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Racing, Florida, Forced, Lucrative

The Miccosukee facility in Miami only offers bingo, poker, and video gambling machines. Because it does not have slot machines or table games, the Miccosukee tribe doesn't need an agreement with the state. The Miccosukees only answer to the federal government.

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Gambling, Video, Slot, Table

How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or a city doing it?

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City, Doing, County, Communities

It is up to all of us - the state, Florida's local communities, and the federal government - to work together on long-term solutions to improve the quality of our water.

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Work, Solutions, Florida, Communities

Somebody's going to have to stand up to ISIS. It is a threat. When we have Americans beheaded, when we have people posing as refugees and become terrorists as in France, this is a scary time in the world.

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Going, Refugees, Terrorists, Posing

Donald Trump is a friend.

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Friend, Trump, Donald, None

No mother, or father, should despair over whether or not they can afford - or access - the health care their child needs.

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Access, Over, Needs, Despair

Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.

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Government, Through, Like, Old Home

Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.

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Destroy, How, About, Conversation

I'm not going to suggest to a delegate at what they ought to do.

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Going, Suggest, Ought, Delegate

I don't think it's good in any business for anyone to have a monopoly. On the other hand, you need to have size to get costs down.

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Think, Other, Costs, Monopoly

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

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Florida, Bragging, About, Ought

My position on immigration has been clear for a long time. I believe the federal government ought to do their job. You know, secure our borders. Come up with an immigration policy that Americans understand and people who want to come to this country understand.

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Country, Been, Borders, Ought

I think we ought to leave the law exactly the way it is, the 14th amendment.

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Think, Amendment, I Think, Ought

I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you know, families.

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Will, American Family, I Believe

Do you want to use your tax dollars to educate more people who can't get jobs? I want to make sure that we spend our money where people can get jobs when they get out.

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Sure, Use, More People, Educate

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

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Business, Leader, Learned, Lessons

Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable.

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Learn, Florida, Capital, Lessons

I am grateful for the lessons I learned from my parents' sacrifices. They often had trouble making ends meet, so we moved for them to find work. I remember my mom would sometimes take on second jobs, like ironing, just so we could buy groceries.

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Sometimes, I Remember, Moved, Lessons

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

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Wanting, Sure, Imagine, Vote

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

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Important, Most, Vote

If I believe your jobs plan, I'm going to vote for you.

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Believe, Going, Jobs, Vote

In Florida, Medicaid is the fastest-growing part of our state budget - hands down. It is increasing at more than 3.5 times the rate of our general revenue.

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Hands, Florida, Medicaid, Budget

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

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Welfare, Show, Than, Studies

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

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Work, Been, Willing, Tough Decisions

Higher taxes kill jobs. Regulations kill jobs.

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Taxes, Jobs, Higher Taxes, Regulations

I grew up in the Methodist church. My wife grew up in the Baptist church. And wives get everything they want. So we got married in the Baptist church.

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Wife, Church, Want, Methodist

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

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Will, Solve, Free-Market, Problems

Students who have spent their childhood here in Florida deserve to qualify for the same in-state tuition rate at universities their peers and classmates do.

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Childhood, Deserve, Here, Classmates

In the middle of the Great Depression, George Jenkins, Jr. left his job at a grocery store and decided he would open up his own store. I am sure many people thought Mr. Jenkins was crazy, but he had a dream. Today, his chain of stores employs 127,000 Floridians and is the largest employee-owned company in the country. We know it as Publix.

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Thought, Country, Largest, Employs

The pollsters and pundits will keep trying to read voters' minds.

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Minds, Will, Read, Pundits

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

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Obstacles, Result, Creation

I built private sector jobs all my life.

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My Life, Private, All My Life

I had a mother that told me what to do all my life, and I traded that in for a wife. We got married two years out of high school which is not what you tell your kids to do, right?

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My Life, Tell, Had, All My Life

From a very young man, I learned the importance of believing in Jesus Christ, and I have all my life.

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My Life, Christ, Very, All My Life

If poor people are spending their own money, it is amazing how fast they will figure out how to keep a lid on medical bills.

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Medical, Will, Figure, Bills

Obamacare is an unbelievable job killer.

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Job, Obamacare, Unbelievable, Killer

I believe in the right to defend yourself.

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Yourself, Believe, Defend, I Believe In

I believe in the principle that if you have more competition, it will drive down the prices.

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Will, More, Principle, I Believe In

I think Senator Marco Rubio was a very good speaker of the House, has been a very good senator.

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Think, Been, Very, Senator

The hospital industry to this day works its tail off to do the right thing.

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Right Thing, Works, Tail, Hospital

General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going to grow at the same amount that the federal government basically forces us to spend on Medicaid.

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Think, Give, Amount, Federal

I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'

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Government, Go, Fund, Federal

The CDC and the federal government have already admitted that they have failed to get ahead of the spread of Ebola in Texas, and we aren't going to let that happen in Florida.

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Happen, Going, Admitted, Federal

I believe - I clearly believe that government-run health care will be bad for you as a patient. It will be bad for you as a taxpayer.

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Health, Bad, Will, Taxpayer

Mom somehow made it to every one of my graduations - even when it meant she had to travel far away.

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Away, Made, Meant, Far Away

My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.

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College, Never, Getting, Option

I want all tuition to stop growing.

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Growing, Want, Stop, Tuition

I'm going to work with the Senate and the House to make sure we have a bill that lowers tuition for all Floridians.

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Work, Going, Sure, Tuition

I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters' job.

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Practice, Made, Voters, Picking

By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that's what I'm going after.

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Here, Compete, Raising, Minimum

Floridians are a strong, resilient people. We are fortunate to live in a great state where all Floridians enjoy opportunities to get a great job and a world-class education.

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Strong, World-Class, Resilient

I grew up in a family struggling for work.

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Work, Family, Up, Struggling

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

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Career, Solutions, Had, Career Politicians

Stimulus does not work.

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Work, Does, Stimulus

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

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Mistake, Think, I Think, Stimulus

Successful companies hire people.

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People, Hire, Companies, Successful

I love the 20 million people that live in my state and 100 million tourists.

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Love, Million, I Love, Million People

With over 20 million residents and 100 million tourists, we must stay ahead of the possible spread of the Zika virus and take immediate action to ensure Florida is prepared.

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Florida, Over, Ensure, Million

It's a hard job to become president.

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Job, Hard, Become, Hard Job

If you're not the establishment candidate, they're going to attack you some ways.

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Some, Candidate, Ways, Attack

Health-care costs when I got into the industry in '88 were 16 percent a year inflation. When I got out in 1997, they were less than 1 percent.

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Year, Industry, Costs, 1 Percent

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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Think, Dollars, Fun Thing, Easiest Thing

As far back as the 1800s, people were moving to Florida to make their dreams come true.

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Florida, Far, Were, Moving

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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Grow, Like, Going, Gamble

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.

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Affordable, Zip, Accessible, Health Care

What you see is when the government gets involved, you run out of money and health care gets rationed.

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Health, Run, Gets, Health Care

I want every health care professional, every first-responder, every citizen, every visitor to know that in Florida we continue to prepare for the worst. But we pray for the best.

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Prepare, Citizen, Pray For, Health Care

I don't look at polls.

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Look, Polls

You cannot go out and say, oh, I am going to raise all this spending, but it's not going to cost anybody any money.

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Cost, Going, Anybody, Oh

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

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Business, Navy, Started, Enlisted

People win elections based on having the right ideas, the right plans, like my seven step plan for 700,000 jobs. That's what wins elections.

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Wins, Based, Having, Elections

Taxpayers need a businessman who knows how to create jobs, cut costs and balance budgets.

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How, Costs, Cut, Knows

Foreign policy is important.

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Important, Foreign Policy, Policy

America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.

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Greatness, How, Weakest, Largely

It's time for an end to the Republican-on-Republican violence.

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Time, End, Violence

I need a partner in D.C. that cares about jobs.

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Need, Cares, Jobs, Partner

I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.

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Education, School, Public, Public Housing

I've worked since I was in second grade.

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Worked, Since, Second, Grade

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

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Prosperity, Private, Sector, Private Sector

In Florida, we are focused on economic growth and not on things that divide us.

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Florida, Focused, Things, Growth

You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe.

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Process, Sure, Accused, Crime

I've absolutely lived the American dream.

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Dream, American, Absolutely, American Dream

I want everybody in Florida to live the American dream.

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Dream, Florida, Everybody, American Dream

Every business has to figure out how to make itself more efficient. They've got to use technology. They've got to use the Internet, things like that. We can do the same thing with our state colleges.

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Business, Same Thing, Figure, Colleges

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

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Business, Comfortable, Shop, Neighborhoods

You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.

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Running, Got, Known, Principles

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

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Work, Will, Florida, Absolutely

When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

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Responsibility, You, Take, CEO

Nobody would think that anybody on a terror watch list should have a gun, right?

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Think, Gun, Terror, List

Ben Carson's either the angriest person in the world or the calmest.

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World, Person, Either, Ben

My goal, one-hundred percent, is to get individuals and companies to move to Florida.

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Goal, Move, Companies, Individuals

If you look at Governor Romney's family, he's been very successful. He's built a great family, very committed to his wife.

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Committed, Been, Very, Governor

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

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Think, I Think, Most, Tough Choices

If you're going to be successful, you better have a goal, you better find really good people, better understand where all the money's coming from. And you better measure the living daylights out of it.

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Goal, Living, Going, Good People

We are for freedom here in Florida.

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Freedom, Here, Florida

Everybody handles protesters differently.

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Everybody, Differently

Let's remember, the Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years.

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Remember, Over, Been, Amendment

I'm very proud that 40 sheriffs have endorsed me.

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Proud, Me, Very, Endorsed

In business, you learn from mistakes. In government, they never do.

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Business, Government, Never, Mistakes

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