Quotes by Scott Walker - Page 2

When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Politician
Right Thing
Standing
Winning
Do The Right Thing People Will
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Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
4th Of July
Government
America
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I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Hostage
Iran
Tree
Yellow
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You hear some people talk about border security and a wall and all that. To me, I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better, saner way to let people into the country in the first place.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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People
Wall
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Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Down The Road
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Illinois
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So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Collective Bargaining
Debate
Entitlement
Expensive
Taxpayers
Power Me People
Power Me Voice
Collective
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Well, we’re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. The first step is we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Matching sounds in your head is made a lot easier with all the technology. It is the nonelectronic noises that are challenging, as you have to find ways of communicating those to the people you're working with.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Technology
Challenges
People
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Melodies are far more interesting. They are there, in your face, in certain sections of the songs. People do complain about the melody thing, but we do hit patches of melody and beauty, as well as the other stuff.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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People
Song
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We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Allies
Doctrine
Great Country
Persian
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Stand Up
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What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Careers
Grandchildren
Men And Women
Future Men Women
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The voters in Wisconsin elected me last year for the third time because they wanted someone who aimed high, not aimed low. Before I came in, the unemployment rate was over eight percent. It's now down to 4.6 percent.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
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Elected
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Third
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More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Jobs
Government
America
Benefits
Fewer
Private Sector
Unemployment
Unemployment Benefits
More People
Sector
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So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Big Government
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Election
Simple
Bosses
Washington
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In Wisconsin, we understand people create jobs, not the government. Those who choose to employ - be it one or many - are to be appreciated and encouraged, so as to prosper and increase employment for others in the future.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Jobs
Government
People
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I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Teacher
Big Government
Issues
Officers
Private Sector
Thinking
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Teachers
Firefighters
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Police Officers
Sector
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The harder part of doing a real story is that there are real people and you have a responsibility to not just go crazy with their lives and have them do things which are not their character, that they then have to live with.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Character
Crazy
Real
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I don't want to be a slave to history or facts. As long as I'm getting a good cursory understanding of what it is and I'm not drifting too far away at certain points, then I can play with the idea and take it anywhere I want to.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Ideas
Long
Play
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It's sad to think right now, but probably the Russian and Chinese government know more about Hillary Clinton's e-mail server than do the members of the United States Congress. And - and that has put our national security at risk.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Chinese
Chinese Government
Clinton
National Security
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Hillary
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Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Mean
Merit
Reform
Seniority
Tenure
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I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Employers
Fewer
Private Sector
Unemployment
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Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
America
Moving
People
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Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Granted
Ordinary
Ordinary People
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There is international criminal organizations penetrating our southern based borders, and we need to do something about it. Secure the border, enforce the law, no amnesty, and go forward with the legal immigration system that gives priority to American working families and wages.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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I ran for governor because I was worried about my kids' future. Then, I took on the big government union bosses, and we won. They tried to recall me, and we won. They target us again, and we won. We balanced the budget, cut taxes, and turned our state around with big, bold reforms.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Balanced
Big Government
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Target
Worried
Bold
Bosses
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You look at Governor Romney's record in the private sector, he helped turn businesses around. Certainly a decade ago he took what would have been an international disaster with the U.S. Olympics, and turned it around for America and made us great again with the Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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International
Olympics
Private Sector
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Salt
Salt Lake City
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I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Election
Fearful
Hate
Office
Thinking
Tough Decisions
Voters
Alike
Complaint
Politicians
Next Election
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I'm not so in with the prescriptive avant-garde agenda. I can do that sort of thing, but I feel that I'm still interested enough in song structure. When I look at a lyric on the page, the lyric is alive to me, looking like soldiers in a field. I can move it around, and it's very black-and-white.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Black And White
Moving
Song
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We for sure need to secure the border. I think we need to enforce the legal system. I'm not for amnesty, I'm not an advocate of the plans that have been pushed here in Washington... we need to find a way for people to have a legitimate legal immigration system in this country, and that doesn't mean amnesty.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Country
Mean
Thinking
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When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost as a separate entity. And then I'll go to my keyboard with all the lyrics printed out and try to think of how to make this a complete musical thing. I've got a very basic keyboard with some presets.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Musical
Thinking
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What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Courage
Grandchildren
Men And Women
Futures
Stood
Throughout
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We need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. I would send weapons to Ukraine. I would work with NATO to put forces on the eastern border of Poland and the Baltic nations, and I would reinstate, put in place back in the missile defense system that we had in Poland and in the Czech Republic.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Czech
Czech Republic
Defense
Eastern
Missile Defense
National Security
Poland
Republic
Steel
Ukraine
Weapons
Baltic
Border
Enemies
Forces
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Send
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Certainly political capital-slash-celebrity attention, whatever you want to call it, certainly is part of the reason why I've been reaching out to CEOs. There's a lot of folks who probably would have taken a call from me before but are even more inclined now and are interested in what we're doing because of all the attention.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Ceos
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In times of crisis what has made America amazing has been the fact that, throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage, who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Men
Children
Years
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I'm certainly an imperfect man. And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So I know that God doesn't call me to do a specific thing, God hasn't given me a list, a Ten Commandments of things to act on the first day. What God calls us to do is follow his will. And ultimately that's what I'm going to try to do.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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Men
Blood
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You know, people like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government creates jobs. And one of the best things we can do is get the government out of the way, put in reign in all the out of control regulations, put in place and all of the above energy policy, give people the education, the skills that the need to succeed, and lower the tax rate and reform the tax code.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
Jobs
Government
Thinking
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I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.
Scott Walker / Governor Of Wisconsin
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