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Governor Quotes
Reflections from those who have led a state.
These governor quotes speak to the weight of statewide leadership, from vowing to restore public trust to promising to put local residents first. See our Ambition quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Important state legislative races and statewide elections for offices like Lt. Governor and Attorneys General are often overshadowed by gubernatorial and federal elections.
- Involved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.
- Investigation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I initiated the State's investigation of Governor Blagojevich and have prosecuted public officials, including a sitting democratic state representative and democratic State's Attorney.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
- Gratify
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- Nov 07, 2020
My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.
- Intelligent
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- Massachusetts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
- Nov 07, 2020
On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.
- Executive
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- Nov 07, 2020
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020