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.
BOB RILEYDifferent 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.
More Bob Riley Quotes
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Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama’s future than an investment in education.
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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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No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side
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When money follows results – we will get more results for our money
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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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I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
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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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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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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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Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit’s efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.
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The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.
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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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Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
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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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