Governor Role Quotes

You would make the best governor but not the best candidate.

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

I want to be governor [of Texas] because I need the closet space.

The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times.

I really feel it's time to dissolve the current relationship of governor and lieutenant governor by running as a ticket.

Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It's a terrible position, and besides, it requires living in Albany, which is small-town life at its worst.

I really love being governor. I've been extremely successful.

Certainly being governor is an important job, and there are quality governors that could serve our country as president and have done so in the past.

The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency.

Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending.

I'm a former governor, and so I was the chief executive, and when the legislature wasn't in session, I was running the state.

I was a severely conservative Republican governor.

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

When you have a governor of your party, that governor has the capacity to be able to build a party, lead a party, more so than any Senator or anyone in the Congressional delegation.

As governor, I'll put Montanans first.

I look forward to the opportunity to continue to push for the welfare of our students and the dignity of our educators' work in my role as governor.