George Voinovich Quotes

• The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Economy

• Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Iraq, Legacy, Violence

• It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Fact

• I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Publicly, Administration

• I don’t understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the ‘perfect,’ when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Country

  Tags in People, Understanding

• I don’t give a damn about the stock market. But I do care about jobs.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Stock Market

• I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world.

  George Voinovich

  Topics in Children, Future

  Tags in World

George Voinovich (7)

Birth:	15th July, 1936
Death:	12th June, 2016
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

George Victor Voinovich was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an American Republican politician and lawyer. He earned a B.A. degree in government from Ohio University in 1958 and received a Law degree from the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University in 1961. He spent more than 46 years in public service – first as assistant attorney general of Ohio in 1963. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1967-1971. He served as the 54th Mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989, as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as a United States Senator from 1999 to 2011. He served as chairman of the National Governors Association from 1997-1998 and Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee from 2003-2007.

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