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Former Governor of Alabama

Bob Riley, the former Governor of Alabama, was born on October 3, 1944. He is known for his leadership and contributions to the economic growth and infrastructure development of Alabama during his tenure as governor from 2003 to 2011.

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“Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.”

People States Government Social Citizens Waste Agency Officials Contracts Bureaucrats Breach Social Contract Government Officials

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“Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.”

Hard Strength Hero Hard Times Martial Arts Difficult Times Uplifting In Hard Times Going Through Hard Times

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“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”

“Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.”

People Evil Community Good People Reign Wickedness Consumed

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“Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.”

Fighting Enemy Drug Ambition Worth Fighting For

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“Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.”

Needs Justice Effort Behinds Violence Crime Deserve Victim Bars Reach Out Units Assistance Domestic Violence Offenders

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“If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.”

Ifs Needs Should House Fire Built Woods Chiefs

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“According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax.”

Helping Care Christian Poor Taxes Ethics Take Care Income God Love Immoral Love Each Other Income Tax Christian Ethics

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“God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode.”

Years Country Lasts Moving Jesus Christ Lord Rocks Jesus Christ Rain Storm Savior Our Lord Erode Savior Jesus

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“For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.”

Long Together Politics Belief Differences Race Pride Unity Focused Backgrounds Cherish

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“Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.”

World America Nations Leadership Half Democracy Sacrifice Military Dues Tyranny Oppression Tyrants

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“Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.”

Doe Helping Government Jobs Conditions

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“The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.”

Important Amount Education Is Important

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“Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.”

Greater Investment Gentleman Alabama Ladies And Gentlemen Investment In Education

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“In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.”

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“One person can make a difference. In fact, its not only possible for one person to make a difference, its essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.”

Believe Persons Facts Differences Essentials Making A Difference That One Person One Person Can Make A Difference

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“The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.”

Should Firsts Children School Pay Millions Focus Our Children Raises Spending Budgets Opponents Employee Classroom Propose

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“Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.”

Virtue Perseverance Understated

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“You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones”

Government Decision Officials Government Officials

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“When money follows results - we will get more results for our money”

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“The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools”

School Economy Determine

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“No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side”

Men Two War Young Sides Men And Women Young Man Unjust Commonality

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“No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.”

Children School Ability Shapes Skills Future Success School Life

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“If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?”

Ifs Believe Country Belief Belief In God

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“The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.”

People Giving Firsts Government Fighting Goal Simple Confidence Citizens Reform Reformation

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“The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.”

Men Sometimes Hours Military He Man Men And Women Lifetime Expenses Afterlife

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“Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.”

“I think you'd change Alabama fundamentally if in six years someone said, 'If you want the best education in America, you've got to live in Alabama.' you'd change economic development, change the image of this state, you'd offer these kids an opportunity they otherwise would never have had.”

Ifs Thinking Want Years Said States Kids America Opportunity Change Economic Development Offers Six Alabama Economic Development Best Education Education In America

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“We must now view our problems as opportunities - historic opportunities to change the failed systems of the past and do what's right for our future.”

Problem Past Opportunity Change Views Our Future Historic Opportunity To Change

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“I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.”

Thinking Done Jobs Turns Asks Politics Interest Special Waste Ears Election Deaf Special Interests Deaf Ears

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About the Author

Born: October 3, 1944
Known for: Former Governor of Alabama
Quotes: 30

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