Governors Quotes - Page 9

• Let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to raise money for a governor. They have all kinds of business to hand out, road contracts, construction jobs, you name it.

  Terry McAuliffe

  Jobs, Hands, Names

  Terry McAuliffe (2007). “What A Party!: My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals”, p.77, Macmillan

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• As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

  John Engler

  Agendas, Importance

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• I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.

  Sally Kirkland

  Art, School, California

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• I am running for governor of Kentucky as the people's advocate.

  Sonny Landham

  Running, Kentucky, People

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• So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic services to our citizens and not have to cut things that really are painful.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Pain, Cutting, Citizens

  "American Morning" with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2003.

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• I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.

  Mike Johanns

  Nebraska, States

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• The voters reward good performance. So, I'm going to go out and focus, if I become the governor, to do the very best job I can as governor. The rest of it will take care of itself.

  Dave Heineman

  Jobs, Best Job, Focus

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• If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government, than by the parents within each ward, it is a belief against all experience.

  Thomas Jefferson

  School, Government, Parent

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.543

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• She had breast cancer. No one said she shouldn't run for governor.

  Jodi Rell

  Inspirational, Running, Cancer

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• The legislature are a little more difficult to educate than the governor is.

  Judy Martz

  Education, Littles, Legislature

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• Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wise, Home, Learning

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• Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

  Frank Herbert

  Answers, Thrive, Entropy

  Frank Herbert (2017). “The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction”, p.123, Tor Science Fiction

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• Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now high time to consider what sort of world you are part of, and from what kind of governor of it you are descended; that you have a set period assigned you to act in, and unless you improve it to brighten and compose your thoughts, it will quickly run off with you, and be lost beyond recovery.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Running, Time, Recovery

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1887). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”

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• The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office.

  John Jay Hooker

  Justice, Office, Economy

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• Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.

  Richard Francis Burton

  Fall, Passion, Son

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• Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Power, Average, Alcohol

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• I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.

  Stephen Colbert

  Stars, Believe, Reality

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• The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home.

  Matt Blunt

  Beautiful, Home, Chance

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• I feel like somebody who just got out of prison after 40 years for something she didn't do, like I got pardoned by the governor. When dear friends deal with me with mixed emotions, it is a little like being told, 'Well, Jenny, we're glad you got sprung, really, but quite honestly we did kind of like you better when you were in jail.

  Jennifer Finney Boylan

  Years, Jail, Littles

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• Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.

  Edward Bernays

  Identity, Cabinets, Invisible

  Edward L. Bernays (1930). “Propaganda”

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• Jonathan is one of the most corrupt Nigerians I ever investigated while at EFCC & his level of corruption even as deputy governor is just disturbing. PDP is just a disaster and a total failure. Change is the only panacea.

  Nuhu Ribadu

  Levels, Corruption, Disaster

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• Governor Tinubu’s criminal case is of international dimension.

  Nuhu Ribadu

  Criminals, Dimensions, Cases

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• I have never been afraid to tackle tough or controversial issues, but I have always done it with the intent to do what I was elected to do, and that is represent the interests of my constituents, the working people of Hawaii. I feel that we are facing some of the most difficult issues in recent history with regard to food security, a widening income gap, and the rapidly increasing rise of the cost of living in our State. I know that the office of Lieutenant Governor can do more to address these issues.

  Clayton Hee

  Cost Of Living, Issues, People

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• Texas governor Rick Perry said God is calling on him to run for President. But Michele Bachmann said that God is calling on her to run for President. You know, if God is that indecisive, he's probably for Mitt Romney!

  Jay Leno

  Running, Texas, President

  "Timothy Geithner". "This Week", abcnews.go.com. July 24, 2011.

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• We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

  Tom Ford

  Fashion, President, Actors

  Interview with Peter Halley, www.indexmagazine.com. 2004.

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