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> [Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/whether-or-not-we-can-save-lake-michigan-whether-or-not-we-can-avoid/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

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## More by Bill Scott

> [“The origins of great companies inevitably start with the ideas and enterprise of great men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/the-origins-of-great-companies-inevitably-start-with-the-ideas-and/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [It's kind of hard to spend long hours trying to help people and then find out that the favorite game of the columnist is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/it-s-kind-of-hard-to-spend-long-hours-trying-to-help-people-and-then/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/whether-or-not-we-can-save-lake-michigan-whether-or-not-we-can-avoid/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [I think it is wrong to spend $4 or $5 million in a campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/i-think-it-is-wrong-to-spend-4-or-5-million-in-a-campaign/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [“To us children he (Mr Ewing) was our very own ‘Mr Chips’ and invariably we would each receive half a crown whenever we encountered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/to-us-children-he-mr-ewing-was-our-very-own-mr-chips-and-invariably/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [We're involved right now in some very significant legal battles and it would be the wrong thing for me to do to step out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/we-re-involved-right-now-in-some-very-significant-legal-battles-and/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [I think we're probably more unified than ever before because we're in a battle for survival. Not only for survival as the Republican Party,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/i-think-we-re-probably-more-unified-than-ever-before-because-we-re-in/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [He seems to want confrontation not only with the legislature and with the other elected officials, but he wants constant confrontation in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/he-seems-to-want-confrontation-not-only-with-the-legislature-and-with/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/he-convinced-me-that-if-we-re-going-to-have-honest-government-that/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/we-aren-t-going-to-agree-on-everything-and-there-will-be-other-areas/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [There's no question that any of us who are doing an honest job in government could do a lot better in private industry. During…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/there-s-no-question-that-any-of-us-who-are-doing-an-honest-job-in/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [“The story of Andrew Ewing is partly one of rags to riches – but there is more to it than that, since his business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/the-story-of-andrew-ewing-is-partly-one-of-rags-to-riches-but-there/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [Literally every department of state government has gone through, or is in a period of, chaos. Not just fiscal chaos, but certainly as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/literally-every-department-of-state-government-has-gone-through-or-is/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/i-was-concerned-about-the-link-between-crime-and-politics-and-i/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

> [Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/well-i-think-that-those-of-us-in-public-life-that-are-trying-to-do-a/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

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