"Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?"

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"Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?"

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"And on this you have my pledge - unlike in the past, when you stood up and did what was right, this governor will not pull the rug out from underneath you - I will sign strong reform bills."

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"If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first."

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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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"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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"Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government."

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"Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year."

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"The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively."

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"Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing."

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"Our state is in crisis. Our people are hurting. Now is the time when we all must resist the traditional, selfish call to protect your own turf at the cost of our state. It is time to leave the corner, join the sacrifice, come to the center of the room and be part of the solution."

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"A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime."

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"I shall assume that your silence gives consent."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool."

Stephen King, American Author

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"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

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"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"I trust no one, not even myself."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

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"Trust, but verify."

Ronald Reagan, American President

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"We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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