Quotes from Rick Scott

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

I want all tuition to stop growing.

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

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.

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

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.

Obamacare is an unbelievable job killer.

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

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

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.

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

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

Stimulus does not work.

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses.

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.

I grew up in a family struggling for work.

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

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

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.

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

I've absolutely lived the American dream.

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.