Doug Burgum Quotes

Doug Burgum

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 1, 1956

You can't win races if you're just trying to win races yourself. You can't accomplish anything. It takes a whole team.

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We've got to come together as a nation and solve problems. That's what we'll do when I'm president.

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There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president, as a celebrity, is supposed to weigh in in every local issue that could be solved by the library board, could be solved by the city council, could by solved by a township board, or it could be solved by the parents.

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My opinion of presidential elections are - they need to be about the future.

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I think competition is fantastic for this country. I think it's great for the Republican Party.

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North Dakota is a conservative state.

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What works for New York is never going to work for North Dakota and across the country.

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I've had jobs growing up where you shower at the end of the day, not at the beginning of the day, went from those small town roots.

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I'm a small town kid from, in North Dakota.

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If you want to establish trust in an organization, you have to change leadership.

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My whole life has been about building trust with customers and partners.

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We need a leader who's clearly focused on three things: economy, energy and national security.

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Sport has been so good to me. The amount of basketball I've played over my lifetime, ran track, played football, played organized adult softball for 30-plus years.

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As president, things that you're supposed to focus on, things like the economy, like energy policy, which is completely tied to national security, and part of national security is the border.

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I do trust the voters... They want presidential elections to be about the future, a vision for the future.

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Voters get to decide who runs for office in America.

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Leadership is about solving problems.

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Leadership is about bringing out the best of people.

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Both my mom and dad were hunters.

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I just think that it's important that you're judged by the company you keep.

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