Governor's Role Quotes

I doubt the people of North Carolina will be content to allow the governor to decide or even unduly influence selecting their senator.

Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never been clear, at least to the public, what roles he played.

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

Mitch Daniels in Indiana was the best governor in America for eight years. I've gone to Indianapolis to study with him.

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

My job as governor is different from the legislators. They represent their districts. I have to represent all 6.6 million Tennesseans and come to the best decisions I can.

Health is the single most difficult public policy that a Governor has to deal with.

I realized I could make a difference. I could be their voice; I could fight for them... There's no better place to fight for working families than the governor's chair.

As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.

DeSantis can do the bidding of big business and big lobbyists and Donald Trump and his divisive rhetoric. I'm going to be here to do the business of the people of the state of Florida. That's the job of the governor of this state.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

The governor has led the way, but he's not an emperor. The legislature has to act. He cannot pass a bill by himself.

I have a proven record of working for our kids as state superintendent, and as a governor I'll deliver real results for Wisconsin families.

As a governor, I've signed virtually every kind of pro-life legislation that we can sign under existing federal law, none of which have been harsh or punitive, but I think they've been important to really point out a pro-life culture in Arkansas. That's, for me, a good thing.

I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.

The job of the governor of the state of Florida is to do what is in the best interest of the people of the state of Florida.

It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.

The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.