I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don’t waste anytime thinking about future elections until we’ve done our jobs here.
BOB RILEYYou elected government officials to make decisions and it’s about time they started making good ones
More Bob Riley Quotes
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Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
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Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope – and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.
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In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities.
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If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it’s up to us. If we don’t do it, who will?
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The success of our economy shouldn’t determine the success of our schools
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The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.
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Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
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One person can make a difference. In fact, its not only possible for one person to make a difference, its essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
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The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.
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Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.
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I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children’s classrooms and in their future.
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No skill shapes a child’s future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.
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Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.
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Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It’s all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there’s one fact that I’ve learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it’s that nothing has ever grown without changing.
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I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
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