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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.”

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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. more

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