Bob Riley Quotes

• You elected government officials to make decisions and it’s about time they started making good ones.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Decisions

  Tags in Government

• When money follows results – we will get more results for our money.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Money

• We’ve got to take care of the poor.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Poor, Care

• Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Evil

• There is no longer time for statements like “if only” or “we can’t.” We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Time

• The success of our economy shouldn’t determine the success of our schools.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Economy, Success

• The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Budget

• The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Military, Serve

• The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reform

• The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Education, Money

• Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Perseverance, Virtue

• One person can make a difference. In fact, it’s not only possible for one person to make a difference, it’s essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Difference, Fact

• Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Worse

• No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Just

• No skill shapes a child’s future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Future, Success

• Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama’s future than an investment in education.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Investment, Gentlemen

• In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children’s classrooms and in their future.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Budget, Choice

• If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it’s up to us. If we don’t do it, who will?

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Country

• I hope we never get to the point that we put ourselves in Jesus’ place. But when I read the New Testament basically, we get three mandates: to love God, to love each other, and to take care of the least among us. And I think this is at least a step in the right direction.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hope

• I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Sacrifice

Bob Riley (30)

Birth:	3rd October, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Bob Riley was born in Ashland, Alabama. He is an American politician who was the 52nd Governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Riley was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996, defeating his Democratic opponent, State Senator T.D. "Ted" Little and Libertarian John Sophocleus. Riley served as a representative of Alabama's 3rd congressional district from 1997 to 2003. Riley attended the University of Alabama,where he was a brother of Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity and graduated with a degree in business administration.

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