Governors Quotes - Page 7

• Want to hear a sad story about the Dukakis campaign? The governor of Massachusetts, he lost his top naval advisor last week. His rubber ducky drowned in the bathtub.

  Dan Quayle

  Want, Rubber, Lasts

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• I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.

  Claire McCaskill

  Law, Ideas, Guy

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• Every piece of legislation which came to my desk in the coming years as the governor, I came down on the side of preserving the sanctity of life.

  Mitt Romney

  Years, Pieces, Sides

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com.

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• One thing governors feel, Democrats and Republicans alike, is that we have a health care system that, if you're on Medicaid, you have unlimited access to health care, at unlimited levels, at no cost. No wonder it's running away.

  Mike Huckabee

  Running, Romance, Cost

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• I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Running, People, Support

  "CNN Newsroom" with Suzanne Malveaux, www.cnn.com. July 13, 2012.

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• I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda

  Meg Whitman

  Jobs, Thinking, Organization

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• I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.

  Meg Whitman

  Thinking, California, Differences

  Interview with Teddy Davis, abcnews.go.com. November 17, 2009.

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• Let the revolting distinction of rich and poor disappear once and for all, the distinction of great and small, of masters and valets, of governors and governed. Let there be no other differences between human beings than those of age and sex. Since all have the same needs and the same faculties, let there be one education for all, one food for all.

  Francois-Noel Babeuf

  Education, Sex, Philosophy

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• Although the governor strongly disagrees with the court substituting its judgment for the constitutional process of the elected branches or a vote of the people, the court has now spoken clearly as to their view of the New Jersey Constitution, and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the law.

  Chris Christie

  Sex, Gay, Views

  "Christie withdraws same-sex marriage challenge, as NJ recognizes unions". www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2013.

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• They've been very helpful. They allow voters to cut through the din and clutter of the $100-million smear campaign the unions have been waging against the governor, and they allow voters to hear directly from the people who are for change and from people who are against change.

  Todd Harris

  Cutting, People, Unions

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• I went to America in the winter of 1872-73, authorised to secure, if I could, the passage of a bill demonetising silver. It was in the interest of those I represented - the governors of the Bank of England - to have it done. By 1873, gold coins were the only form of coin money.

  Ernest Seyd

  Money, Winter, America

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• Senator Allen has long been a leader on competitiveness issues in the Senate and as governor of Virginia. His announcement of the Competitiveness Caucus comes as great news to the nation's manufacturers. We support every item on this agenda and will work with Senator Allen and others to make it a reality. The time has come for Congress to recognize the vital role manufacturing plays in American life and do what it can to strengthen our ability to compete in the global marketplace.

  John Engler

  Reality, Virginia, Play

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• I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.

  Sophocles

  Men, Use, Kind

  "Antigone". Play by Sophocles, Line 181,

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• The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those who elect . . . their governors are educated.

  John Dewey

  Education, Successful, Government

  John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education: Top American Authors”, p.66, 谷月社

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• We should commit ourselves to 'eucharistic coherence,' that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive holy communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortions, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals.

  Pope Francis

  Responsibility, People, Pro Life

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• You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. If George is good at anything, it's timing.

  Laura Bush

  Opportunity, Race, Texas

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• In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

  Molly Ivins

  Texas, Expectations, Office

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• But I beg you to observe that there is a wide difference between being captains or governors of work, and taking the profits of it. It does not follow, because you are general of an army, that you are to take all the treasure, or land, it wins; (if it fight for treasure or land); neither, because you are king of a nation, that you are to consume all the profits of the nation's work.

  John Ruskin

  Kings, Fighting, Army

  John Ruskin (2013). “Selections and Essays”, p.307, Courier Corporation

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• There will be that zip-a-dee-doo-dah after the nominee is chosen. I guarantee there will be that enthusiasm. But to be brutally honest, with all due respect to governor Romney, who is obviously the frontrunner... hes not garnering a lot of that enthusiasm right now.

  Sarah Palin

  Enthusiasm, Zips, Guarantees

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• Governor Romney is a good debater.

  Jim Talent

  Governor Romney, Romney

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• I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact

  Strom Thurmond

  Thinking, Leader, Facts

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• I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Cutting, Debt, Levels

  "Jon Huntsman Moves To Shed Obama Brand By Aligning With House GOP On Medicare, Debt Ceiling" By Jon Ward, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2011.

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• As your governor, you’re going to be seeing a lot of me on the front page, saying ‘Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell.’

  Paul LePage

  Pages, Hell, Seeing

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. October 1, 2010.

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• Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.

  Elizabeth Warren

  People, Guy, Corporations

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• The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Struggle, Mean, Political

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The”, p.90, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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