Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.
BOB RILEYNothing 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.
More Bob Riley Quotes
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The success of our economy shouldn’t determine the success of our schools
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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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God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode.
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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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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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Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama’s future than an investment in education.
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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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When money follows results – we will get more results for our money
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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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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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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 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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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 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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