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Governors Quotes
What it takes to lead a state, in governors' own words.
These governors quotes trace a path from early, ordinary jobs to the responsibility of steering a state's agenda, showing how leadership is often built one role at a time. For related reading, see our Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.
- Birthday
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Governors Ball is like a big birthday party, and all these stars are like excited kids running around - 'Oooo, look at my pretty new dress!' And what's the best, most fun surprise at a birthday party? When the cake comes out!
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it was an emotional and powerful moment for me.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're in Congress, you vote and give speeches. But governors have to make decisions every day, and presidents have to make decisions every day.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republican governors are more lunatic than they used to be - as attested by all the ones so eager to turn down free federal money to qualify more of their poor citizens for Medicaid under Obamacare. Meanwhile, some states have taken the money only to hoard it.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.
- Democrats And Republicans
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Priority
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- Nov 07, 2020
Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the old days we were the challenger brand competing against the big banks, but today I go round the world and I sit with governors of central banks and finance ministers and, in some cases, prime ministers. They all know Travelex. We are regarded as the establishment - the world's largest retailer of foreign currency.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.
- Balanced Budget
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what governors do, they wrestle with the issues, they find solutions and they move the agenda forward. At the appropriate time we'll talk about all of these issues, while remembering that our party is a big tent party. We lose when we try to become exclusive to one particular set of issues.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020