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Bruce Rauner

(1957) Businessperson United States

83 quotes in 357 categories

Bruce Rauner is a businessperson from the United States.

Quick Facts About Bruce Rauner

Born: February 18, 1957
Nationality: United States
Profession: Businessperson
Spouse: Diana Rauner

About Bruce Rauner

Bruce Vincent Rauner is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he had a decades-long career in investment management before entering politics, serving as the co-founder and chairman of Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. As of 2026, Rauner and his lieutenant governor Evelyn Sanguinetti are the most recent Republicans to have won or held statewide office in Illinois.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bruce Rauner

We've become a collectivist economy in Illinois. It's crushing us. And no problem is going to get fixed unless we bring more…

Believe

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I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.

Democratic

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Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.

Discipline

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In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a…

Big

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Our government workers should be treated fairly and appropriately. They should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they…

Decent

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Your average person in Illinois doesn't really even know what workers' comp is. The average person doesn't know really what's going on…

Average

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Those who value a strong safety net for our neediest citizens see that every extra dollar spent on these unions is a…

Go

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For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

Many

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I am going to try to rip the economic guts out of Indiana. But we're going to do it methodically and aggressively.

Economic

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I've got to pick my fights at the right time.

Fights

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We have to be bold, tough, and fundamentally change government because Springfield is broken.

Bold

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We have to reduce the tax burden, whether it's income tax for corporations or private individuals, and we should put a freeze…

Burden

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I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and…

Because

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I don't care what the headline is. I want the results.

Care

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I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

Deep

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I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.

Minimum wage

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I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.

Accomplishment

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Illinois has every reason to succeed. We have the hardest-working people in America, the best infrastructure in America, and the best location…

America

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To restore our public schools, we must put an end to the selfish agenda of the union bosses.

Bosses

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These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.

Business

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I like to do things that get results. Results are all that matters.

Get

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I don't like to pay lip service. I don't frankly like to talk about stuff.

About

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The structure that is currently in place, inside government, forcing government employees to pay union dues, even if they don't want to…

Choices

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I'm not the most patient person in the world. I am one of the most persistent people in the world.

I am

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Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

Doing the right thing

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