Rick Scott Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

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

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

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

It's a hard job to become president.

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

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 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.

There’s no question that mistakes were made and as CEO, I have to accept responsibility for those mistakes. I was focused on lowering costs and making the hospitals more efficient. I could have had more internal and external controls. I learned hard lessons and I’ve taken that lesson and it’s helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

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.

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

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

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

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

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