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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
James Madison
Knowledge
Ignorance
People
Intelligence
Will
Power
Own
Must
Gives
Arm
Govern
Governors
Forever
Which
Mean
Themselves
Who
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.
David Wilkerson
Change
Constitution
Nation
Own
Wicked
Our
Astray
Defying
Given
Judges
Led
Governors
Being
Mayors
Agendas
Who
In 1952, when I was 15 and living on Governors Island, which was then First Army Headquarters, I encountered the newly-published 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Of course, that book became the iconic anti-establishment novel for my generation.
Lois Lowry
Army
Generation
Book
First
Living
My Generation
Catcher
Catcher In The Rye
Headquarters
Course
Became
Island
Encountered
Governors
Which
Iconic
Then
Novel
Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
Barton Gellman
Health
State
Would
Cross
Emergencies
Attack
Boundaries
Over
Governors
Normally
Jurisdiction
Public
Public Health
Biological
Widespread
When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.
Betsy DeVos
Conversation
Made
Sense
Local
High
John
High Standards
Voices
Driven
Driving
Voluntary
Were
Governors
Mike
Standards
Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.
Bill Delahunt
Education
Safety
Political
Face
Increases
Other
Drastic
Unpopular
Both
Between
Parties
Governors
Political Parties
Essential
Tax
Tax Increases
Public
Cuts
Choice
Public Safety
Medicaid
Stark
Services
Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.
Birch Bayh
Too
Know
Well
Ideologues
Governors
Flaming
Who
Many
Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.
Bob McDonnell
Government
Back
Our
Way
Sector
Jobs
Leading
New
Economy
Track
New Jobs
Private
Private Sector
Governors
Reforming
Getting
Republican
Create
Helping
I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
Bob McDonnell
Governors
Republican
Chairman
Association
It's no accident that the fastest growing states with the best economies are all led by Republican governors.
Brian Sandoval
Best
Accident
States
Economies
Led
Governors
Republican
Growing
Fastest
When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.
Carrie Lam
Matter
Hong Kong
Say
Administration
City
London
Had
Kong
Govern
Were
Governors
British
Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states.
Charles B. Rangel
People
President
States
Hurricane
Hurricane Katrina
Thousands
Thousands Of People
More
Could
Calls
Because
Repairing
Been
Governors
Die
May
Refusal
Aftermath
Heed
Infrastructure
Help
Katrina
Many
We've got to protect the nursery schools. I'm chair of governors in a nursery school in my area. If we lost the provision, I'd be worried about the socialising skills of children.
Colin Salmon
School
Lost
Nursery
Worried
About
Area
Protect
Schools
Got
Provision
Governors
Children
Skills
Chair
When Japan was on the rise, American governors would come to inspect Toyota City and study 'just in time' manufacturing to increase efficiency; when America was at its peak in the late 1990s, the world beat a path to its venture capitalists.
David E. Sanger
Time
World
Path
Increase
Late
Would
City
Rise
Beat
Study
Come
Toyota
Venture
Governors
Efficiency
America
American
Just
Japan
Capitalists
Manufacturing
Peak
If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.
Ed Gillespie
You
People
Big
Sense
State
Bit
Fellow
Governor
Governors
Little
Little Bit
Your
Even
Presence
Whenever I am among my fellow Governors, I am struck by how many face the same education improvement issues.
Ernie Fletcher
Education
Face
Struck
Fellow
How
Am
Issues
Governors
Improvement
Same
Whenever
Many
Among
In New Mexico... I may have vetoed more legislation as governor of New Mexico than all the other governors in the country combined.
Gary Johnson
Country
Other
More
Combined
New
New Mexico
Governor
Mexico
Governors
Than
Legislation
May
I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America.
George Takei
Governors
America
Theater
Board
Asian-American
Company
Chairman
Players
Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting.
James Douglas
People
Congress
Think
President
Members
Constituents
Hurting
Well
Because
Governors
American
Same
American People
Who
I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.
James Douglas
Government
Think
Would
Federal
Federal Government
Governors
Mandates
Want
Agree
Well, clearly, for me in the immediate future, it is grappling, like so many other governors are grappling, with the economic woes of these states. We were all hoping to see some federal relief.
Jennifer Granholm
Future
Me
Other
Immediate
States
Relief
Hoping
See
Some
Economic
Federal
Clearly
Like
Well
Woes
Were
Governors
Grappling
Many
So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic services to our citizens and not have to cut things that really are painful.
Jennifer Granholm
Hope
Will
Our
Citizens
Able
Provide
Governors
Just
Cut
Really
Painful
Who
Grappling
Basic
Things
Services
My colleagues on the Board of Governors and I understand the value of having a diverse financial system that includes a large and vibrant contingent of community banks.
Jerome Powell
Financial
Value
Community
System
Colleagues
Financial System
Diverse
Having
Understand
Contingent
Governors
Vibrant
Banks
Board
Large
It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then they are only too happy to let us know. When they are up to no good, they want that kept secret.
Jimmy Reid
Good
Happy
Too
Secret
Our
Only
Know
Doing
Doing Good
Up
Governors
Want
Interest
Public
Then
Us
Public Interest
Let Us
Kept
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
John Engler
Country
Gone
Longest
Governor
Governors
Being
Youngest
Now
Consecutive
Serving
Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain.
Jonathan Mayhew
People
Stupid
Complain
Apt
Must
Find
Fact
Thus
Abuse
Till
Oppressed
Governors
Greatly
Whenever
In Fact
Themselves
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