Governors Quotes · Page 5

Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?

— Walt Disney

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

— Benjamin Franklin

Governor Romney has been successful. I think, that's what we want in a President of the United States.

— Chris Christie

Governor Tinubu’s criminal case is of international dimension.

— Nuhu Ribadu

Governor Romney supported the bailout of Wall Street and decided not to support the bailout of Detroit.

— Rick Santorum

Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.

— Mike Turzai

Over ten thousand people have signed a petition to recall Governor Schwarzenegger. I'm sorry, that is next year's joke.

— Craig Kilborn

You might be a redneck if you entire family has ever sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare…

— Jeff Foxworthy

Over my tenure as governor, I have come not only to respect the political muscle of the Federation; I've come to respect…

— George W. Bush

We're not going to end the Medicaid. We're going to give the governors more control and leeway to bring innovative reforms to…

— Paul Ryan

Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.

— Phil Bredesen

Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow bodybuilders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California,…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows…

— Ian Frazier

Even though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, you now have Republicans in charge of the White House, the Congress, a majority…

— George Stephanopoulos

Earlier today former Vermont Governor Howard Dean became the new head of the Democratic National Committee -- no word on who will…

— Amy Poehler

With Halloween coming this weekend, they say not one person in the country is planning to dress up as Governor Sarah Palin.…

— Jay Leno

Yes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush…

— Danny Glover

One thing was very clear and I made it always very clear at the beginning when I got into the governorship, and…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

But I beg you to observe that there is a wide difference between being captains or governors of work, and taking the…

— John Ruskin

Let the revolting distinction of rich and poor disappear once and for all, the distinction of great and small, of masters and…

— Francois-Noel Babeuf

Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore rescinded the state's European Heritage Month proclamation for fear it would sound racist. It's too bad. Thus ends…

— Argus Hamilton

I have a difference with Senator [Bernie] Sanders, who promises free college, which, if you look at the fine print, depends really…

— Hillary Clinton

The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors…

— Denis Diderot

I get that that the violent illegal immigrants will be removed from the country. But what I am not hearing and I…

— Jake Tapper

We don't agree with the notion of the government to remove governors. It is unconstitutional.

— Mayawati

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

— Dean Koontz

Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.

— Birch Bayh

I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator.

— David Brooks

In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor!

— David Duke

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

— Eleanor Clift

While it is important to trash the governor, it should be done in the context of regret, sadness and balance.

— Frank Luntz

If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

— Ed Gillespie

I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.

— James Douglas

I'm here helping Doug Forrester become the next governor of New Jersey.

— George Pataki

So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

— Tony Abbott

Governors are closer to the people than those in D.C., and we don't see any results from D.C.

— Kay Ivey

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

Last night we had Bill Clinton, the former president. Security was as tight as Governor Christie's yoga pants.

— David Letterman

Force and right are the governors of this world; force till right is ready.

— Matthew Arnold

A new report reveals that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent over $82,000 on food at NFL games. Christie said, 'Hey, both…

— Conan O'Brien