Rick Scott's Quotes

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

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

Stimulus does not work.

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

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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