Scott Walker

Politician

1967-11-02

Quotes by Scott Walker

• 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.

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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.

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• I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

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• There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

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• Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups?

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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.

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• You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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• The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.

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• I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

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• We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.

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