Rick Scott Quotes

Stimulus does not work.

My religion is very important to me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's a hard job to become president.

I've absolutely lived the American dream.

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.

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.

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

I want all tuition to stop growing.

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

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

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.

I built private sector jobs all my life.

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.

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

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

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

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.

Jesus Christ is my savior.

Foreign policy is important.

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

Donald Trump is a friend.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I want everybody in Florida to live the American dream.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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

I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses.

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.

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.

We are for freedom here in Florida.

When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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