Bob Riley Quotes

• 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.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in God, Love

• God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Country, God

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

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Ambition

  Tags in Hope

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

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Government

• 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.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Focused

• Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hard, Create

• 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.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nations, Oppression

• 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

• However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let’s remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. The real credit for our economic renewal belongs to the people of Alabama .

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Mistake

• 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.

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Special

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

  Bob Riley

  Topics in Sacrifice

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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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