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Robert Renfroe Riley (born October 3, 1944) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who served as the 52nd Governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011.

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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.

Citizens, Confidence, Down, Fighting, Simple

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

Built, Chief, Fire, House, Needs, Somebody

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

Basic, Heeded, Men, Shared, Two, War

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

Perseverance, Understated, Virtue

Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.

Change, Different Ideas, Fact, Running, Several

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

Community, Consumed, Evil, People, Stand, Tolerating

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.

Children, Focus, Propose, School, Spending

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

Create, Doe, Government, Helps, Jobs

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

Alabama, Gentleman, Gentlemen, Greater, Investment, Ladies

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.

Agency, Government, Money, Officials, People, Waste

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

Decision, Elected, Government, Government Officials, Make, Officials

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

Children, Read, School, Skill, Skills, Success

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

Binds, Cherishing, Differences, Pride, Race, Together

I think you'd change Alabama fundamentally if in six years someone said, 'If you want the best education in America, you've got to live in Alabama. ' you'd change economic development, change the image of this state, you'd offer these kids an opportunity they otherwise would never have had.

Alabama, America, Change, Kids, Opportunity, Years

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

Leadership, Military, Oppression, Sacrifice, Sacrifices, Under

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.

Afterlife, Men, Military, Serve, Women

Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.

Commend, Crime, Domestic, Domestic Violence, Effort, Justice

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

Ambition, Drug, Drugs, Enemies, Fight, Fighting

According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax.

According, Care, Christian, Income, Poor

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.

Future, Jobs, Politics, Special, Stand, Thinking

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