Rick Scott Quotes & Sayings

#1. 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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#2. I grew up in a family struggling for work.

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

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

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

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

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#8. 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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#9. 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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#10. When businesses think of locating in North America, I want to make sure that they think first about Florida.

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#11. 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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#12. 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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#13. 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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#14. If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.

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#15. 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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#16. 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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#17. 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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#18. 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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#19. 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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#20. As far back as the 1800s, people were moving to Florida to make their dreams come true.

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#21. 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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#22. I want everybody in Florida to live the American dream.

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

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#24. When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

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

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

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

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

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#31. I don't want to tell Gov. Brewer what to do; she can do what's best for her state.

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#32. I believe in the right to defend yourself.

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

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

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

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

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#38. 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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#39. 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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#40. 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.

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

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

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#43. We are for freedom here in Florida.

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#44. 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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#45. 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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#46. I think Senator Marco Rubio was a very good speaker of the House, has been a very good senator.

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

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

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#50. My religion is very important to me.

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

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

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#53. 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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#54. 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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#55. 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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#56. 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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#57. 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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#58. I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

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#59. 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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#60. 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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#61. 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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#62. 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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#63. 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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#64. I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you know, families.

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

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#66. My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.

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#67. I've worked since I was in second grade.

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#68. Stimulus does not work.

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

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

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

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

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

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#76. 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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#77. Prosperity comes from the private sector.

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

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

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

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

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#84. Donald Trump is a friend.

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#85. 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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#86. It's a hard job to become president.

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

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

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

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

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#92. 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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#93. Foreign policy is important.

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#94. 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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#95. 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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