Gina Raimondo Quotes

We need a leader who puts the health and well-being of the country ahead of 2016 politics.

Democracy without morality is impossible.

As governor, part of my job is to tell people things they don't like to hear.

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.

I want to win and I want to be in office.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

We need a great president.

Politics is about accountability, it is about leadership, it is about courage.

While not all politicians are statesmen, all statesmen are politicians.

One of the best magistrates as minister, and a good sharp thief-taker for [foreign] secretary

She can talk beautifully about democracy. But she does not know how to live democracy

The Prime Minister of this country should be 100 percent efficient at all time.

Pubic business must be done. It will be done one way or another. If wise men refuse it, others will not. If honest men refuse it, others will not.

As a politician, you can run from your problems or run toward your problems.

In a democracy, a man who does not listen cannot lead.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in a true sense, a noble one.

Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.

No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear.

There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and my feeling is that trying to control things too much feels icky to me.

I hope when I am governor and it's all over, I am a governor who underpromised and overdelivered.

I believe in professionalism, less in politicians.

Reading a teleprompter is not what makes you presidential. It's your actions that you take, and it's democracy.