Governors Quotes · Page 12

Fashion is the great governor of this world; it presides, not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic,…

— Henry Fielding

I feel passionately about issues, and I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus group-tested, blow-dried candidate or…

— Chris Christie

The President, who really had been mostly managing his one-man Barack Obama narrative and journey his whole life, without executive experience, certainly…

— Ron Suskind

Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

I never thought that Bill Clinton should be the president. When he was running to be the president of the United States,…

— Lewis Black

Now, [Donald] Trump has thus far gotten endorsements from illustrious group, that includes Sarah Palin, David Duke, Dennis Rodman, racially profiling birther…

— Chris Hayes

It's perfectly legal in this country to change your mind. But when you're a governor, you have to admit it. You can't…

— Chris Christie

According to me when former governors join the political mainstream, the whole cause propagated for autonomy of the institutions, itself gets impacted.…

— Arun Jaitley

I call him Governor Bush because that's the only political office he's ever held legally in this country. I don't care where…

— George Carlin

Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all…

— Bob Riley

Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor…

— James Monroe

If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going…

— Bernie Sanders

I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may…

— Thomas Jefferson

There are kind of four people up at the top, [Donald] Trump,[Marco] Rubio,[Ted] Cruz,[Ben] Carson, and then there's me and about three…

— Carly Fiorina

Minnesota is very important. You're going to have a competitive race for the Senate, a competitive governor's race, you have an open…

— Ken Mehlman

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When we finally have this recall election in October, there could be as many as 200 people on the ballot. And you…

— Jay Leno

Maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account, Cayman Island Investments and an IRA worth…

— Lilly Ledbetter

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he…

— Sophocles

I would just say that if Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he’s earned from bankrupting companies and…

— Newt Gingrich

The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any…

— Bertrand Russell

My problem with Obama is that he's not a new paradigm; he's an old paradigm. A new paradigm would be somebody like…

— Shelby Steele

However, there will be a Republican Party platform that will coalesce around their convention. Unless I miss my guess, it will be…

— Anna Quindlen

India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah…

— Indira Gandhi

Ronald Reagan was one of our great foreign policy Presidents. He did not come from the Senate. He did not come from…

— Mitt Romney

I don't know if I ever mentioned back in 2002 we fought our way into a governor's debate in Massachusetts where, you…

— Jill Stein

Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he is going to run for governor on our program last night. My staff didn't know, Arnold's staff…

— Jay Leno

In New York that probably has more lawyers per square foot than any other state in the union, more women lawyers. I…

— Eleanor Smeal

While I think it's very important that Marco Rubio and Senator [Ted] Cruz have contributed as senators... there's no doubt in my…

— Tom Ridge

Stop and think of what happened in America. The melting pot, yeah, it happened. Stop and think of what happened, from the…

— Rush Limbaugh

Charity only works when smart, innovative, compassionate people in the field are supported from home. The World of Children Award raises money…

— Stephanie March

I had been secretary of state for eight years, attorney general for four years, lieutenant governor for four years, and governor for…

— Don Siegelman

Nothing surprises me anymore. We'll keep doing what we're doing. I'm going to keep going forward with solutions that I want to…

— Sarah Palin

Hey, this is Europe. We took it from nobody; we won it from the bare soil that the ice left. The bones…

— Ken MacLeod

I think this is exactly where the action is, is in the middle. I have seen it when I was governor of…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I realized a school doesn't need a School Committee or Trustees or Governors or lumber or approved textbooks. All a school needs…

— Henry David Thoreau

As governor I would have made sure that I bargained fairly but firmly, been able to get the changes that were needed…

— Mary Burke

The governor of Minnesota [Mark Dayton], a couple of months ago he said that the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable.…

— Donald Trump

I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom,…

— Zachary Quinto

I spent ten years in the private sector, actually learning how business works. I'm the governor of Ohio, and I inherited a…

— John Kasich