Bruce Rauner Quotes

Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.

- Bruce Rauner

Strong, Empathy, Incredible, Intellectual

Your average person in Illinois doesn't really even know what workers' comp is. The average person doesn't know really what's going on in the pension system. They know their taxes are too high; they know we've got a deficit. But getting that message out and helping the people of Illinois really understand what's going on, that's hard.

- Bruce Rauner

Average, Helping, Illinois, Pension

I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.

- Bruce Rauner

Been, Engaged, Very, Civic

We cannot accept the status quo of throwing more taxpayer money into a broke and broken system.

- Bruce Rauner

Broken, Broke, We Cannot, Status Quo

We've become a collectivist economy in Illinois. It's crushing us. And no problem is going to get fixed unless we bring more economic freedom into the state. And I believe that very passionately.

- Bruce Rauner

Very, Crushing, Illinois, Fixed

I just want the state fixed, and I just want to do the right thing for the taxpayers.

- Bruce Rauner

Want, Right Thing, Taxpayers, Fixed

If yelling and threatening, intimidating and chanting solved problems, Illinois wouldn't have any problems. We're good at that stuff.

- Bruce Rauner

Threatening, Yelling, Chanting

I'm a big outdoorsman... I'm a big hunter. Avid fisherman. Hiker. Climber. Scuba diver. Skier. Love the outdoors.

- Bruce Rauner

Love, Big, Scuba, Skier

Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.

- Bruce Rauner

Cost, Pensions, Largest, Local Governments

I've got to pick my fights at the right time.

- Bruce Rauner

Right, Pick, Fights, Right Time

Those who want low taxes and healthy job creation know that an unnecessary dollar going to these unions is a dollar that cannot reduce the tax burden on homeowners, small businesses, and job creators.

- Bruce Rauner

Small, Taxes, Creators, Businesses

We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.

- Bruce Rauner

Politics, Fact, Through, Businesses

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens.

- Bruce Rauner

Refugees, While, Our, Welcoming

Government unions should not be allowed to influence the public officials they are lobbying, and sitting across the bargaining table from, through campaign donations and expenditures.

- Bruce Rauner

Through, Unions, Bargaining, Table

I don't have a Rolls. I don't have a jet. That's not me.

- Bruce Rauner

Me, Rolls, Jet

The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt.

- Bruce Rauner

Era, Budgets, Illinois, Runaway

Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.

- Bruce Rauner

Skills, Address, Increases, Gaps

If Republicans and Democrats commit to working together, we can reach a bipartisan, common-sense agreement to reverse Illinois' economic decline and set the stage for a bright economic future.

- Bruce Rauner

Agreement, Republicans, Set, Common-Sense

We need to focus on reducing property taxes. We need to focus on education funding. We need to focus on getting term limits on elected officials.

- Bruce Rauner

Need, Funding, Term Limits, Officials

Money's important, but it isn't a motivator for me.

- Bruce Rauner

Money, Me, Important, Motivator

Those who value a strong safety net for our neediest citizens see that every extra dollar spent on these unions is a dollar that cannot go to help the sick, the elderly, and the vulnerable.

- Bruce Rauner

Strong, Elderly, Unions, Extra

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

- Bruce Rauner

Young, Minimum Wage, Levels

I am going to try to rip the economic guts out of Indiana. But we're going to do it methodically and aggressively.

- Bruce Rauner

Out, Going, Am, Rip

We have to reduce the tax burden, whether it's income tax for corporations or private individuals, and we should put a freeze on property taxes.

- Bruce Rauner

Income, Private, Reduce, Corporations

Where I'm an outsider is, I'm not a career politician.

- Bruce Rauner

Career, Politician, Where, Outsider

I certainly don't need a job. Getting re-elected is not on my Top 10 list.

- Bruce Rauner

Top, Getting, Certainly, Re-Elected

To restore our public schools, we must put an end to the selfish agenda of the union bosses.

- Bruce Rauner

Restore, Public, Schools, Agenda

I think we've got to be competitive here in Illinois. It's critical we're competitive. We're hurting our economy by having the minimum wage above the national. We've got to move back to the national.

- Bruce Rauner

Think, Here, Move, Hurting

I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.

- Bruce Rauner

Waste, Pretty, Disciplined, Diligence

Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.

- Bruce Rauner

Government, Conflicting, Lot, Government Spending

Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.

- Bruce Rauner

Treated, Works, Fairly, Retire

Our government workers should be treated fairly and appropriately. They should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.

- Bruce Rauner

Treated, Decent, Fairly, Retire

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

- Bruce Rauner

Doing, Success Is, About, Long Term

Big problems usually come from big sources.

- Bruce Rauner

Big, Come, Sources, Big Problems

For every challenge we face - unemployment, poverty, crime, income growth, income inequality, productivity, competitiveness - a great education is a major component of the solution.

- Bruce Rauner

Education, Great, Income, Unemployment

State universities in Illinois are a microcosm of our state government - broken with work rules and administrative bureaucracy.

- Bruce Rauner

Work, Broken, Illinois, Bureaucracy

The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system.

- Bruce Rauner

Government, System, Belong, Bureaucracy

When my mother was young, only two professions were open to women ; teaching and nursing. She chose nursing, but the teaching profession was full of talented women like her, confined there in part because they had few career options.

- Bruce Rauner

Career, Young, Confined, Chose

Government employees deserve to be treated fairly, but they do not deserve a significantly better deal than average Illinoisans get in their own jobs.

- Bruce Rauner

Deserve, Average, Treated, Employees

It takes someone with a unique background to stand up to the threat of a strike and win.

- Bruce Rauner

Unique, Someone, Background, Stand Up

Mitch Daniels in Indiana was the best governor in America for eight years. I've gone to Indianapolis to study with him.

- Bruce Rauner

Best, Him, Study, Indiana

I'm not the most patient person in the world. I am one of the most persistent people in the world.

- Bruce Rauner

I Am, World, Most, Persistent

I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.

- Bruce Rauner

Strong, Want, Taxpayers, Views

I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.

- Bruce Rauner

Pride, Proud, Want, Accomplishment

When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.

- Bruce Rauner

Young, Parking, Minimum Wage, Minimum

Illinois will only get economically healthy if we stop focusing on growing minimum wages and start focusing on growing everyone's wages.

- Bruce Rauner

Will, Everyone, Illinois, Minimum

I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.

- Bruce Rauner

Will, Minimum Wage, Illinois, Minimum

I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.

- Bruce Rauner

Minimum Wage, Number, Could, Minimum

I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.

- Bruce Rauner

I Am, Anybody, Am, Enemies

The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty.

- Bruce Rauner

Politics, Fact, Rough, Nasty

There are plenty of examples of very wealthy people who have run for office and failed, certainly in Illinois.

- Bruce Rauner

Wealthy, Very, Certainly, Examples

The critical thing is that we have to reduce the tax burden.

- Bruce Rauner

Tax, Critical, Reduce, Tax Burden

Ronald Reagan helped me become a Republican.

- Bruce Rauner

Me, Republican, Reagan, Helped

The government union bosses are the most powerful politicians in Springfield.

- Bruce Rauner

Most Powerful, Most, Politicians

I'll be willing to do things that politicians won't do. Because I don't care who I upset.

- Bruce Rauner

Upset, Things, Willing, Politicians

Being a successful CEO, where I've driven a bottom line, assembled teams, driven results, that's a critical benefit to running the state government.

- Bruce Rauner

Critical, Bottom, Teams, Driven

Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well.

- Bruce Rauner

Tech, Capital, Given, Venture

I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.

- Bruce Rauner

Lost, Democratic Party, Disadvantaged

I like to spend money on investments.

- Bruce Rauner

Money, Like, Spend, Investments

In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.

- Bruce Rauner

Big, Need, Happen, Big Change

I am a gun owner and a hunter and a gun rights supporter.

- Bruce Rauner

I Am, Gun, Owner, Hunter

I don't care what the headline is. I want the results.

- Bruce Rauner

Results, Care, Want, Headline

Many of us have been touched by the magic of a great teacher. I know I have.

- Bruce Rauner

Magic, Been, Touched, Great Teacher

We have a moral duty to have an efficient government.

- Bruce Rauner

Government, Moral Duty, Duty

These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.

- Bruce Rauner

Love, Politics, Been, Consultants

I tend to think that free-market conservative principles are the best ones for the CEO of a state.

- Bruce Rauner

Think, Conservative, Tend, Free-Market

Crisis creates opportunity.

- Bruce Rauner

Opportunity, Crisis, Creates

Crisis creates leverage to change.

- Bruce Rauner

Change, Crisis, Leverage, Creates

I don't like to pay lip service. I don't frankly like to talk about stuff.

- Bruce Rauner

Service, Like, Frankly, Lip

Frankly, I would never ask a supporter to bet big on me if I wouldn't bet big on myself. It wouldn't be fair.

- Bruce Rauner

Never, Big, Frankly, Bet

I'm a lover of fairs and corn dogs.

- Bruce Rauner

Dogs, Corn, Lover

Illinois has every reason to succeed. We have the hardest-working people in America, the best infrastructure in America, and the best location of any state.

- Bruce Rauner

Reason, Infrastructure, Location

We have to be bold, tough, and fundamentally change government because Springfield is broken.

- Bruce Rauner

Broken, Fundamentally, Bold

I like to do things that get results. Results are all that matters.

- Bruce Rauner

Matters, Like, Get, Results

I want to transform state government. What it takes is a strong CEO type... a leader who can drive things.

- Bruce Rauner

Strong, Leader, Want, CEO

Let's put Illinois back on the road to prosperity.

- Bruce Rauner

Road, Prosperity, Back, Illinois

A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.

- Bruce Rauner

Career, Solving, Whole, Job

I'm a business guy. I'm not a politician.

- Bruce Rauner

Business, Guy, Politician

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

- Bruce Rauner

Money, Thoughtful, Very, Disciplined

My wife and I believe that there's nothing we do together as a community that's more important than education.

- Bruce Rauner

Education, Wife, More, I Believe That

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