Governor Quotes
Reflections from those who have led a state.
These governor quotes speak to the weight of statewide leadership, from vowing to restore public trust to promising to put local residents first. See our Ambition quotes for related themes.
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In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future.
Important state legislative races and statewide elections for offices like Lt. Governor and Attorneys General are often overshadowed by gubernatorial and federal elections.
Advocate Quotes
I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.
I initiated the State's investigation of Governor Blagojevich and have prosecuted public officials, including a sitting democratic state representative and democratic State's Attorney.
I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.
The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
Alone Quotes
When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.
If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles.
I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
Ambition Quotes
On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.
Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires.
In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.
