Quotes by Scott Walker

About Scott Walker:

Scott Kevin Walker is the 45th Governor of Wisconsin, serving since 2011, and a candidate for the Republican Party's nomination to the 2016 presidential election.
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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 thei...

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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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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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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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Certainly political capital-slash-celebrity attention, whatever you want to call it, certainly is part of the reason why I've been reaching out to CEOs. There's a lot of folks who probably would have taken a call from me before but are even more incl...

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And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer.'

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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 elec...

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My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.

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My kids were targeted on Facebook by protesters.

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

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Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks.

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

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But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.

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When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.

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It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector.

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You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

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We need someone to turn things around in America.

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We could see the Teamsters coming in from New Jersey, the AFL-CIO from Chicago. You could see all of the people being bused in.

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I have unbelievable support among Republicans.

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Author Bio

  • NameScott Walker
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, Governor of Wisconsin
  • AliasesScott Kevin Walker; Scott K. Walker
  • BornNovember 2, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician