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All Quotes by author - Gina Raimondo

" A government that doesn't work is in no one's interest. "

" Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice. "

" Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs. "

" Budgets that don't balance, public programs that aren't funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren't funded - How does that help anyone? "

" Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool. "

" Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them. "

" Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are. "

" During my four years as treasurer, we restructured our pension system, cutting the state's unfunded liability almost by half and putting our retirement system on stronger footing. "

" Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor. "

" Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced. "

" I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community. "

" I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. "

" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "

" I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end. "

" I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face. "

" If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works. "

" If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be. "

" If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity. "

" If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch. "

" I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems. "

" I'll bring colleges and industry together to develop new products in marine science, green technology, and medical devices, and to train our workers to fill those jobs... We need to get Rhode Islanders back to work. "

" I'm committed to structural changes. "

" I'm going to ask one question for everything that comes across my desk, which is, 'How is this going to create jobs?' "

" In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector. "

" In many cases, Rhode Island is just not on the radar of a lot of companies. But once companies or people take the time to look at our high quality of life, low cost of living, great talent, good business environment, often people see it's an excellent place, and they want to take a harder look. "

" I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement. "

" I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow. "

" I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch. "

" It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice. "

" I've been told I'm a workaholic. "

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