Rob McKenna famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.
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Washington State has a strong tradition of a positive relationship - positive working relationship between labor and management, whether in the private sector or the public sector. It needs to continue to be that way.
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I recognize that as governor, my job is to sit on the other side of the table from the public sector unions and negotiate effectively on behalf of all the taxpayers of the state, including all of you.
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I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families.
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There is an analogy between conservation and education reform. The coalition around education reform is the biggest bipartisan thing going in this state right now. We need to recapture the big bipartisan spirit for conservation.
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The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.
-- Rob McKenna
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Yeah, I left Idaho at 17. You know, I graduated high school a year early and just, you know, the typical story, packed up my car and moved out.
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One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.
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You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
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It was, however, resolved that 'we use our private influence at present to prevent our brethren from going into court and promising to obey the law; and as soon as possible we take steps to get some flavors from the government for those who already have more wives than one.'
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
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I have studied the effects of our new lots of polio vaccine in 100 adult volunteers and during the next few days shall give it to my wife and 2 children as well as to our neighbors and their children.
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Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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Our nation will succeed or fail to the degree that all of us - citizens and businesses alike - are active participanats in building strong, sustainable and enriching communities.
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If you can't go where people are happier, try to make people happier where you are.
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