Doug Ducey Quotes
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As governor, I want to make sure that Arizona's hardworking taxpayers get to keep more of what they earn.
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Government must continue to live within its means.
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Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.
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I don't have a real attraction or interest to national politics, so I want to see Republicans win across the board in the state of Arizona, because those policies of lower taxes and lighter regulation and strong foreign policy are important to me.
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It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working.
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As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.
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As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.
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I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.
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My focus will be a strong and growing economy - so everyone who wants a job can find one.
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I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities.
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One state can't set everything right, but here in Arizona, we can set an example for the rest of the country in how those of us in elected office conduct ourselves and interact with each other and our constituents.
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Governors compete. States compete. People & businesses decide.
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Ice cream brings people together.
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We will ensure Arizona continues to grow jobs, not destroy them.
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Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.
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Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to.
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Arizona has three of the top 10 public high schools in the nation. We know how to educate a child. We just need to do it more often in more locations, and where we're having issues are in low-income areas where - where kids don't have a parent that cares or two parents that care, and, of course, also in our tribal nations.
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We want to make sure Arizona residents have the opportunity to learn about the decisions we are making and have a chance to participate in the process.
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Federal government has forced a one-size-fits-all model on our education system.
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When Arizona became a state, the federal government granted our founders nearly 11 million acres of state land. Every time we sell a piece of that land, proceeds go into the Land Trust where the money is invested and earns interest.
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I honestly believe that we are Arizonans and Americans first, not merely advocates for our respective political parties.
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I have been outspoken on my opposition to 'Obamacare,' and I don't buy the line that our Medicaid program, or any function of government, has reached maximum efficiency.
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States with better-educated citizens also see economic benefits. These states have better luck recruiting and retaining quality employers, and they enjoy lower overall rates of unemployment, poverty, and welfare dependency.
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We can't let government make long-term commitments that it may not be able to keep.