John Engler Quotes
- The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.
- Senator Allen has long been a leader on competitiveness issues in the Senate and as governor of Virginia. His announcement of the Competitiveness Caucus comes…
- You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.
- All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against…
- The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in…
- As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.
- I care about the children of Detroit.
- Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards.
- As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've…
- The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and 62.
- Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities…
- I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.
- And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.
- I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.
- We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.
- Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing.
- I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.
- I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start.
- I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.
- I don't put labels on myself.