Quotes from Rick Scott

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 believe in the right to defend yourself.

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

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

Higher taxes kill jobs. Regulations kill jobs.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I built private sector jobs all my life.

Everybody handles protesters differently.

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

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

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

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