Ken Cuccinelli Quotes

It is my opinion that a local school board cannot impose a mandatory fee on students taking advanced placement courses for the required taking of the Advanced Placement Examination.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Courses, School Board, Fee, Impose

We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of 'putting people in jail and throwing away the key' does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Away, Putting, Universally, Counterproductive

People in this country don't realize how tyrannical the Left is. It is phenomenally intolerant of any views other than its own, and it must label them as bad, evil, malodorous in some way.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Country, Some, Phenomenally, Label

Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Vision, Act, Conservatives, Heirs

Let's help take back our country with our wallets, and don't forget to contact your senators and congressman to let them know that you don't want amnesty for illegal aliens, that you want them to restore our borders and our sovereignty.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Country, Restore, Borders, Sovereignty

I have been approached to consider an appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court. I am humbled and honored to be considered for such a position, but it is not something that my wife and I have previously contemplated.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Wife, Been, Considered, Contemplated

An e-cigarette does not function in manner of a traditional cigarette because it functions electrically rather than via combustion of a material such as tobacco.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Rather, Cigarette, Functions, Tobacco

When you run on something definitive and then win by a significant margin, you have a mandate.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Run, Margin, Mandate, Definitive

When one person does something, you look like an outlier. And whether it makes sense or not, the states get a certain level of respect from the courts that other people don't.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Other, Like, Level, Certain Level

A media-only campaign has its advantages, but it also has its very severe disadvantages.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Very, Advantages, Severe, Disadvantages

Simply being secretary of state didn't allow Clinton to authorize herself to deviate from the requirements of retaining and transmitting classified documents, materials and information.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Requirements, Allow, Deviate, Retaining

My view is that homosexual acts - not homosexuality, but homosexual acts - are wrong. They're intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural-law-based country, it's appropriate to have policies that reflect that... They don't comport with natural law.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Homosexuality, Appropriate, Homosexual

Giving public sanction to homosexual marriage ends up redefining marriage, and it's certain to harm children.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Harm, Public, Redefining, Homosexual

I was one of the founding members of State Legislators for Legal Immigration.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Immigration, Members, Legislators

Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Trust, Nothing, More, Restoring

What we can do where we live is advocate again to bring back to life the 10th Amendment, to bring back to life those boundaries in our constitutional system that were supposed to be the critical checks in the checks and balances system. Without them, we lose - gradually, we lose our liberty.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Bring, Amendment, Critical, Balances

Every time you blow the whistle, half the people are going to be mad at you.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Mad, Going, Half, Blow

Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effect of inculcating the former into a culture of criminality common among the latter, making them more of a risk to public safety upon release than when they originally went in.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Release, Dangerous, Same, Non-Violent

When Eric Cantor lost, being the only majority leader in history to lose a primary, that was pretty - and still is - earth-shattering in Virginia and across the country.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Leader, Country, Pretty, Primary

I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Think, Reason, Own, Attorney

I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.

- Ken Cuccinelli

General, Attorney General, Attorney

I was the first attorney general to court to fight Obamacare - about 30 minutes after the president signed the bill.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Minutes, About, 30 Minutes, Attorney

I love algebra. Love it.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Love, I Love, Algebra

It borders on inconceivable that Clinton didn't know that the emails she received - and, more obviously, the emails that she created, stored and sent with the server - would contain classified information.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Server, Inconceivable, Stored

We need all the transportation options that we can get in Virginia - especially options where the private sector carries all the risk and all the cost.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Private, Private Sector, Transportation

Senator Cruz has done well in Republican states.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Republican, Well, Senator, Cruz

There's nothing conservative about allowing ourselves to become so inured to a 'tough on crime' frame of mind that we would abandon tested alternatives that can yield better outcomes.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Mind, Conservative, Tested, Frame

One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Cards, Politician, Blunt, Table

Even without mandatory sentences, judges are still capable of levying tough penalties for serious offenses - and just as in states like Texas that have 'tough on crime' reputations, this can be done without jeopardizing public safety.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Reputations, Penalties, Judges

I start with a concern about the growth of federal government. I start with a perspective concerned about the growth of that power, and containing it within the bounds of the Constitution.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Constitution, Concerned, Bounds

Am I happy with the choice? No I'm not. But I'm going to make my choice, and I expect to vote for Donald Trump.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Going, Trump, Donald, None

One of the challenges for lawyers can be explaining, first of all, what the legal issue is and, second, its significance. And both of those are important.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Challenges, Lawyers, Issue, Explaining

They spend us into the dirt and lie like crazy, and, my gosh, I have never seen an opponent who just lies like he's taking a drinking of water like Terry McAuliffe. It is nothing to him.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Nothing, Like, Drinking, Terry

Because the Advanced Placement Examination test is the required end-of-course examination, it cannot reasonably be viewed as a service or program for which a fee may be levied.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Test, May, Which, Reasonably

Strategies that do show evidence of effectiveness include policing that's focused on high-risk individuals or geographic areas, and/or deterrence-based approaches that hold entire gangs accountable should individual members engage in criminal behavior.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Evidence, Show, Policing, Criminal

When you file an amicus brief, and you represent a state, the court reads your brief. It is a powerful position to make the legal assault from.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Brief, Assault, Reads, Represent

Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Serious, Leaders, Unlike, Tackle

I'm the most pro-liberty elected official statewide in my lifetime. It isn't even a close call, so for people who care about protecting liberty, there's never been - again, in my lifetime in Virginia - a statewide elected official who's been as aggressive and consistent about doing that as I have.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Doing, Lifetime, Been, Aggressive

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

- Ken Cuccinelli

Focus, Think, Restraint, Element

I'm more of an engineer with a law degree than I am a lawyer with an engineering degree in terms of how I think.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Law, Think, I Think, Lawyer

We don't have a free market in health care. We need to connect customers up with the cost of care. And to drive innovation that way.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Innovation, Need, Cost, Customers

One of the reasons Americans hold Washington in such low regard is the perception that nothing ever gets done. Whatever the issue - no matter how urgent - they always seem to be 'working on it.'

- Ken Cuccinelli

Always, Reasons, Issue, Perception

The notion that those of us that are pro-life because we love children - is that so terrible? Really? Is that so terrible?

- Ken Cuccinelli

Love, Children, Notion, Terrible

What to do about these increases in crime? Plenty of laws already exist to punish violent criminals, and research questions the level of correlation between longer sentences and lower crime rates.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Laws, Level, Violent, Correlation

The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Constitution, Oath, Uphold, Protect

I don't mind knife fights. I just want the knives to come to the front.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Mind, Knife, Fights, Knives

I will be the first to admit that I've made my own mistakes when it comes to Virginia's disclosure requirements.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Requirements, Disclosure, Virginia

In Virginia, we want to have our own opportunity to control our own destiny, control our own market.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Destiny, Want, Market, Virginia

Every liberal position is built on a fallacy.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Position, Built, Every, Fallacy

We are moving the debate in a more limited government direction. And in a more rule of law direction, a more conservative direction.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Debate, Conservative, Limited Government

Really, given that God does judge nations, it's amazing that abortion has run as far and foully as it has without what I would consider to be a greater imposition of judgment on this country. Who knows what the future holds?

- Ken Cuccinelli

Run, Country, Abortion, Imposition

I want very much to see some sort of compromise reached in the area of immigration... so that we could move on to other issues.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Some, Very, Area, Reached

I absolutely believe that President Obama was born in the United States. I don't buy into the claims that he wasn't.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Born, United, United States, Claims

If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there's no reason logically one wouldn't think they could undertake to enjoy the other rights protected under the First Amendment.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Think, Reason, Amendment, No Reason

I don't go hunting with kings and princes.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Kings, Hunting, Go, Princes

If you give me enough questions honestly answered, I can get you to the hollow core of any liberal position.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Give, Honestly, Answered, Give Me

Put simply, no one in state government can create new specially protected classes except the General Assembly with the concurrence of the Governor.

- Ken Cuccinelli

New, Classes, Put, Assembly

I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal government can exercise jurisdiction over, including the courts. To do that, we would need an amendment to the Constitution.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Think, Over, Amendment, Federal

Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Later, Telling, Inadequate, Federal

I don't believe you back off being pro-life: You don't stop being pro-life because they say you're mean because you're pro-life.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Believe, Say, Back, Pro-Life

I've always been one of those folks who think competition is actually a good thing. And if we're going to preach it as a party, we need to practice it.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Think, Always, Been, Folks

The very purpose of Clinton's server was to intentionally retain documents and materials - all emails and attachments - on the server in her house, including classified materials.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Very, Server, Including, Intentionally

I would rather we limited - for the sake of transparency - we limited the number of taxes that we had and we were right up front about what they are, how much they are, and so forth.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Rather, Limited, About, Sake

One of the beauties of the Tea Party movement - and the many, many like-minded citizens that don't participate in the Tea Party movement - is the fact that it is independent.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Fact, Participate, Many, Citizens

I like being home for dinner.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Home, Like, Being, Dinner

I have a serious concern about middle-class families being able to afford college.

- Ken Cuccinelli

College, Middle-Class, Able, Families

I don't mind fighting as long as it's for a good cause.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Mind, Fighting, Cause, Good Cause

In the Republican Party, we talk all the time about the importance of free markets and open competition. It seems to me that if we don't practice what we preach, we won't have much credibility with others.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Practice, Importance, Free Markets

I guess blustery liberal Republicans flock together.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Flock, Republicans, Guess, Liberal

Elections are about choices.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Choices, About, Elections

Competition's a good thing.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Competition, A Good Thing, Good Thing

My wife's a gardener. I'd put Astroturf down everywhere, but I get outvoted one to one every year.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Wife, Year, Gardener, Everywhere

The one thing that even my staunchest opponents will admit is I'm a straight shooter and that I'm a man of my word.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Will, One Thing, Opponents, Shooter

I learned as a mascot that rules don't really apply to you. As long as you don't go crazy with that. You want to go be the 12th man on a football play, they might have an objection, but otherwise, if you stay out of the way of the game, you can do most anything.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Game, Play, Rules, Football

For all the criticism of me, there's one thing you won't hear anybody say, and that's that I've pulled the wool over anyone's eyes.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Over, Anybody, Pulled, Wool

There's some bells you can't unring.

- Ken Cuccinelli

You, Some, Bells

The media is really failing the American people.

- Ken Cuccinelli

American, Media, Failing, American People

I don't get to sue just because I don't like something.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Just Because, Like, Get, Sue

There was a time that I questioned the government's role in abortion.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Government, Abortion, Role, Questioned

The truth is our friend.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Truth, Friend, Our, Truth Is

I look Italian, but I act Irish.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Look, Irish, Act, Italian

It's hard to make me speechless.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Me, Hard, Make, Speechless

I have not always held the position I do today on the life issue.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Always, Issue, Held, Position

I don't play golf with presidents.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Golf, Play, Play Golf, Presidents

It is hard to argue that the conservative movement is not having success.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Conservative, Having, Argue

On the issues the Tea Party cares about, I land right in their bull's-eye.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Tea, Cares, About, Issues

I didn't run for office to make friends.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Friends, Run, Make, Office

There are just some things about being president that are difficult.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Some, Things, About, Some Things

We have a battle over the fundamentals of our country.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Battle, Country, Over, Fundamentals

We need to move back toward a free market.

- Ken Cuccinelli

Need, Move, Toward, Market

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