Chris Christie Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic.”

“Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.”

“I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want.”

“If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.”

“You know, at some point there has to be parity. There has to be parity between what is happening in the real world, and what is happening in the public sector world.”

“But our leaders of today have decided it's more important to be popular, to say and do what's easy, and say yes rather than to say no, when no is what is required.”

“If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.”

“Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.”

“Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy.”

“I think America needs lots of tough people. Not just me. I think America needs to get tougher, all of us.”