Doug Ducey Quotes

Doug Ducey

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 9, 1964

I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.

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We should empower teachers to do their job by cutting wasteful spending and crippling bureaucracy, not classroom resources our educators and students need.

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Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.

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Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.

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As I have traveled the state, I have seen firsthand that there are Arizonans who are hurting.

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My focus will be a strong and growing economy - so everyone who wants a job can find one.

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I understand the dignity that comes from work and caring for one's family.

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By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life.

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As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.

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One way to ensure that all kids will be successful in school and life is by focusing on literacy by the end of the third grade.

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Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to.

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It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working.

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As governor, I want to make sure that Arizona's hardworking taxpayers get to keep more of what they earn.

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In many respects, Arizona is a model for the rest of the country on best practices for water management.

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The best way to keep water prices down is to avoid unnecessary increases in costs.

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I want to be an independent and responsible voice for Arizonans, and it would be unwise to endorse a specific approach before the costs and benefits of these options can be evaluated.

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Texas has more effectively capitalized on its opportunities as a border state, and I've always said that I want to look to states that are doing better than we are and replicate those success stories in Arizona.

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Texas has an established trade office in Mexico City, as do other Texan cities. They have a more mature trade relationship with Mexico, and I want to make Arizona a leader in this area also.

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We should be working with the governor of Sonora to establish a commercial sea port on the coast of their state.

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If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.

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