Doug Burgum Quotes

Doug Burgum

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 1, 1956

There's a broad spectrum of Americans that are really frustrated with the discourse that's happening at the edge. And part of the reason they're frustrated is because there aren't candidates, there aren't choices on the ballot, to talk about the things that matter to them.

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We know that the issues that matter most, to the most number of Americans at the end, when people end up voting, they vote about pocketbook issues.

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We get attacked every day in North Dakota by China, Russia, North Korea, Iran. They've all got people that come to work every day to do cyberattacks at the U.S.

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We know when there is economic opportunity that's great for families and it's great for whether one parent wants to work, or two parents want to work.

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We've got to make sure that everybody that wants to work has an opportunity to do that and that we've got affordability, quality, and accessibility in child care, even in the rural areas of our country.

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We have to be able to figure out, who are our friends? Who are our enemies? And then figure out a way to develop trade policy that supports our objectives that actually drives what's best for American interests.

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We need a president that's focused on the challenges that we're being faced as a nation - not a president that's going to decide whether a book is in the right section or not in a library in a small town somewhere in America.

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In North Dakota, we listen with respect, and we talk things out. That's how we can get America back on track.

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I started a shoe-shine business, worked at the grain elevator, and as a chimney sweep, paid my way through college and then earned an MBA at Stanford.

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My mom was our rock. Our hero.

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Let's shrink the federal government and return power to the states.

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Working with everyone from the small businesses and entrepreneurs to the largest businesses that work in the state and understanding how entrepreneurship works is an invaluable background to have.

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I always thought the private sector and the work we did there was incredibly fulfilling in terms of our mission to help people and organizations realize their full potential and help customers and partners improve their lives and business success.

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We aspire every day to work as one, maintain a citizen focus, approach problems with a growth mindset, apply leadership everywhere and make a difference.

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Everything we do in state government, we do with a shared purpose: to Empower People, Improve Lives and Inspire Success. Combined with our shared values of gratitude, curiosity, humility and courage, we're working to develop a positive and innovative state government culture in North Dakota.

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My senior year at NDSU I had started a business sweeping chimneys. The newspaper wrote a story about me as a chimney sweep and ran a photo of me sitting on top of an icy chimney in below-freezing weather in Fargo. The story made the AP wire service.

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After graduating from Stanford business school, I was working at McKinsey, crunching numbers for spreadsheets.

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I had 30 years of experience in hiring and trying to attract talent and capital back to North Dakota. And any time someone talks about the future of North Dakota, what are the challenges? Where do we get the talent, and where do we get the capital? Well, that's what I've been dealing with my whole working career.

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My role as North Dakota's elected leader is to use my influence to unleash innovation. There are innovators in state government, you just have to find them and help them get freed up.

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Because of differences in geography, density, socio-economic patterns, each of our states are very different. A one-size-fits-all federal approach won't work. Our economy is too complex. The country is too complex.

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