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?
BOB RILEYLadies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama’s future than an investment in education.
More Bob Riley Quotes
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You elected government officials to make decisions and it’s about time they started making good ones
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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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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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When money follows results – we will get more results for our money
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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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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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I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
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The success of our economy shouldn’t determine the success of our schools
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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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No skill shapes a child’s future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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