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Governor of New Jersey

Chris Christie, born on September 6, 1962, is an American politician who served as the Governor of New Jersey. Known for his tough governance style and determination to fight corruption, Christie gained prominence during his tenure as governor. In his early political career, Christie worked as a lawyer before entering politics, gradually rising to the position of Governor of New Jersey in 2009 and winning re-election in 2013.

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“No wonder nobody around the world is nervous about America anymore. No wonder we're not intimidating our adversaries and they're running around wild in the world, because they know we're not investing in our defense anymore. We need to make or military strong, not to wage war, but to avoid war and to bring peace and stability in the world.”

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“I know the human spirit. I haven't found a wall that can be built that a determined human being can't get over, under or around.”

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“I love to hug my children. I love to tell them I love them every day before they leave for school or before I leave for work. And I think that's the most important thing you can do as a father is to make sure that your children know they're loved.”

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“I know we can fix our problems. When there are people in the room who care more about doing the job they were elected to do than they worry about winning reelection, it is possible to work together, achieve principal compromise, and get results for the people who give us these jobs in the first place.”

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“I feel passionately about issues, and I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus group-tested, blow-dried candidate or governor. Now that has always made some people, you know, uneasy. Some people like that style, some people don't. [...] But I am not a bully.”

“I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.”

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“You know, something may be going down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart!”

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“If you want a candidate who agrees with you 100 percent of the time, I'll give you a suggestion: Go home and look in the mirror. You are the only person you agree with 100 percent of the time. You'll always know who I am, you'll always know what I believe and you'll always know where I stand.”

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“If you're sick, take your sick day. If you don't take your sick day, know what your reward is? You weren't sick - that was the reward.”

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“When I think about the folks who are out there at home tonight watching... They know that this country is not respected around the world anymore. They know that this country is pushing the middle class, the hardworking taxpayers, backwards, and they saw a president who doesn't understand their pain, and doesn't have any plan for getting away from it.”

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“What we need in Washington now is a strong Republican president who knows how to govern.”

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“I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn`t be running. I`d be helping him.”

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“You know what I think that button [in Kremlin] should have read? It should've read "delete." Y'know, she [Hillary Clinton] is very good at that by the way.”

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“She supported a deal that didn't even require this murderous regime to return a cop killer, JoAnne Chesimard, to face justice. See I know about this personally.”

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“Donald Trump wants to look at this situation [with immigrants] and deal with it in a humane way, and quite frankly, you know, I think this is the kind of thing people expect from a president of the United States.”

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“I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.”

“Here's what I know about political campaigns: no matter what you map out at the beginning, it's always different at the end.”

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“I think Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time. Whether he'll do it again in the future, I don't know. But Gov. Romney never has.”

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“You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic.”

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“You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.”

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“You know, at some point there has to be parity. There has to be parity between what is happening in the real world, and what is happening in the public sector world.”

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“And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I've been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I'm no different when I'm sitting with you than I am when I'm at home or anyplace else.”

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Born: September 6, 1962
Known for: Governor of New Jersey
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