Dave Heineman Quotes

I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.

A budget must be more than a ledger sheet. It should have a heart and serve as a blueprint for a better quality of life for all residents.

Given my earlier experience as the longest served CM of the erstwhile undivided A.P., I focused on choosing right people in the right place with clear priorities in the departments that were vital to attract large-scale investments into the state.

Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives.

My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future.

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

Dick Grasso would be a superb mayor of the City of New York. He loves the city.

The important aspect shouldn't be whose administration it is, the important aspect should be how does the state of Wisconsin work, what can we do to move Wisconsin forward.

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.'

There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.

Public education is an investment in our future.

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better.

We must work to help all families and all communities realize their dream of a better future.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.

Running a country is much more difficult than running a campaign.

The ruler over a country of a thousand chariots must give diligent attention to business; he must be sincere; he must be economical; he must love his people; and he must provide employment for them at the proper season.

The principle business of government is to further and promote human strivings.

I was elected to carry forward my overall vision for the city.

Governments are not like a business. They don’t look like a business, work like a business, think like a business, and they don’t have a bottom line.

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

In the India of tomorrow, such of the Princes' prerogatives as enable them to afford a better life to their subjects and to ameliorate their lot must remain. Other privileges, which may be merely matters of honor and glory, shedding effulgence on their personalities, are of comparatively small account when set beside other considerations such as the safe-guarding of resources necessary for up-to-date Government

The real world is somebody is going to win; somebody is going to lose. There are costs to everything, but if you make the long term investment which is investment in education, public health and infrastructure, then we will have a better world.

I’m running for Governor so that all our children can go to kindergarten.

Politics is about making institutions work somewhat better, helping people’s lives at the margins