Gina Raimondo Quotes

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.'

A community is business, education, and housing. Without those, the community suffers.

Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.

As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.

Democracy has to deliver. It is not enough for people to vote. They must also eat.

Get people to think about the benefits of government rather than taxes.

I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma.

What's wrong with Hell's Kitchen? You don't change a neighborhood by changing its name. You change it by building a school.

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.

We need to make sure that our policymakers and politicians realize that we are the future of the country, not only by words. We should ask them to invest the right resources for every school, every hospital and every community.

I will continue to advocate for projects and funding that will make our citizens' daily lives better.

Education, transportation and health care was what I ran and won on. That's what we're going to be focused on.

Michigan's problems are not partisan problems. Potholes are not political. There is no such thing as Republican or Democratic school kids or drinking water. These challenges affect us all. They make Michigan a harder place to get ahead. A harder place to raise a family. A harder place to run a business.

I'm committed to helping the residents of Stockton succeed.

Flint's got so many hardworking, good people who just want a fair shake and it starts with making sure their government is responsive and protecting them and making sure everyone's got access to clean water.

Residents expect their state leaders to deliver solutions for the people of their state.

My resolve is to work for the development of the state and the welfare of the people, so I will tackle all challenges. That's my vision.

I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many incredible things happening - but also so many challenges and opportunities - as really being kind of the chief advocate for the people.