Governors Quotes

• I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

  Bill Richardson

  Inspirational, Courage, Differences

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

  Upton Sinclair

  Wisdom, Men, People

  Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)

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• Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

  Sean Hannity

  Country, Greatness, Ignorant

  "The Document Sean Hannity Doesn’t Want You To Read". www.americanprogress.org. June 16, 2004.

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• If We allow Slaves, we act against the very Principles by which we associated together, which was to relieve the distressed.

  James Oglethorpe

  Together, Principles, Slavery

  James Edward Oglethorpe (1990). “General Oglethorpe's Georgia: 1738-43”

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• If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Teacher, Firefighter, Political

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• I'll hire blacks as long as they can do the cotton-pickin' job.

  Evan Mecham

  Jobs, Long, Black

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• The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

  George Ayittey

  Government, Want, Rich

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• Even during my father's 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, 'Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?' 'No. I am four.'

  Chelsea Clinton

  Growing Up, Father, One Day

  "Chelsea Clinton reveals politics, kids, are a possibility" by Eun Kyung Kim, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• Certainly being governor is an important job, and there are quality governors that could serve our country as president and have done so in the past.

  Marco Rubio

  Jobs, Important, Important Jobs

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• My sense is, as governor I've gotten a lot of stuff done.

  Tim Kaine

  Done, Stuff

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• When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.

  Kinky Friedman

  Numbers, Telephones, Firsts

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• The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not a rule of authority. God is not a governor of the universe, for a governor rules over those of a like nature with himself, and exercises a political and judicial power, while God exercises a creative, a preserving, and a determinative power of an altogether different kind. If I am a servant of God, I am under no tyranny; for God does not govern, but supports, sustains, and directs me.

  William Batchelder Greene

  God, Character, Exercise

  William Batchelder Greene, Jakob Böhme, Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, Philippe-Joseph-Benjamin Buchez (1849). “Remarks on the science of history: followed by An a priori autobiography”, p.35

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• All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.

  George W. Bush

  Phones, Answers, Bushism

  George W. Bush (1982). “Public paper of the presidents of the United States”, p.1386, Government Printing Office

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• I'll get a three-page letter and the last paragraph says 'I know you'll never read this, but here's my number.' I love to call those people because the first thing they say is, 'Governor, I didn't mean everything I said in the letter about you.'

  Dave Heineman

  Love, Mean, Numbers

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• Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

  Donna Brazile

  Jesus, People, Community

  "Millions Insulted by Liberals' Use of Jesus Christ/Pontius Pilate Line". Interview with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. September 12, 2008.

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• As Governor of my country, I  have been an enemy to its enemies;  I have slain the English;  I have mortally opposed the English King;  I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own.

  William Wallace

  Country, Kings, Taken

  Statement at his trial on August 23, 1305. "Lives of Scottish worthies". Book by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 279, 1831.

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• Beautiful, luscious and flowing. Atop the governor's head.

  Rick Perry

  Beautiful

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• It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.

  Charles Edison

  Men, Promise, Groups

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• If for no other reason, personal pride should prompt every governor and state legislator to take a secessionist attitude; they were not elected to be lackeys of the federal bureaucracy.

  Frank Chodorov

  Attitude, Pride, Reason

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• We need to support Mary Burke for Governor!

  Michelle Obama

  Support, Needs, Mary

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• In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

  James Garner

  California, Opinion, Schwarzenegger

  James Garner, Jon Winokur, Julie Andrews (2012). “The Garner Files: A Memoir”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.

  James Garner

  President, Qualified

  James Garner, Jon Winokur, Julie Andrews (2012). “The Garner Files: A Memoir”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• When I think about that kind of spirit, I think about my mother, who is standing here with me tonight. My mother is the embodiment of what it means to have a Texas spirit, because she wanted nothing more than for her children to have a better life than she had, to have an education beyond the ninth-grade education that she had, to live happier lives, more successful ones than she had been able to live. And you know what? She raised the daughter who ran for governor.

  Wendy Davis

  Daughter, Mother, Children

  "Wendy Davis Concedes Race for Texas Governor With Heartfelt Speech" by Jill Filipovic, www.cosmopolitan.com. November 5, 2014.

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• If it turns out that Barry Bonds used steroids to bulk up and add muscle mass, he could get four to eight years as governor of California

  Argus Hamilton

  Eight, Years, California

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• Senator Graham would have been very difficult to beat. He'd been governor for two terms. He's a U.S. Senator. He has a lot of friends; he's done a lot of favors to help a lot of people in Florida. So the fact that he's not running really does change the whole landscape in Florida.

  Allen Boyd

  Change, Running, Florida

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