Ross Perot Quotes

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• We must return immigration to a logical, orderly process where people fill out their applications and wait for approval. We must make sure illegal immigrants…
• This planet is our home. If we destroy the planet, we've destroyed our home, so it is fundamentally important.
• Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.
• When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people…
• Anything that is excellent or praiseworthy stands moment by moment on the cutting edge and must be constantly fought for. Well placed priorities always sit…
• Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.
• Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong....
• I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General motors, if you see a snake, the first thing…
• Big is not beautiful. Big is inefficient.
• If we really want to know who is responsible for the mess we're in, all we have to do is look in the mirror. You…
• Never ask anyone to do what you haven't done before and wouldn't do again. That's a pretty fundamental rule in leadership... treat them like you…
• Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.
• We have to succeed, so we will.
• I honestly believe I'd make one of the worst elected officials in the history of this country.
• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute…
• The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.
• If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
• The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
• War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.
• A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.

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