Eric Greitens Quotes

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Eric Greitens

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 10, 1974

We have a culture of political corruption in Jefferson City. We have corrupt politicians, well-paid lobbyists and special-interest insiders taking the state in the wrong direction.

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Like the plague, opioids kill the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the virtuous and the sinful.

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I'm running for Governor because we need a political outsider to move Missouri forward.

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To be very clear, I have completely ruled out state funding for stadiums.

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We are not going to use money from the people of the state of Missouri for what I believe is corporate welfare. We've got far too many core priorities of government that have to be invested in.

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We are fighting to bring more jobs to the people of Missouri.

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Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

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Children who know that they have something to offer others will learn that they can shape the world around them for the better.

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Your children should know that you're always there for them, and that they can call on you when needed. But give them the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.

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In failure, children learn how to struggle with adversity and how to confront fear. By reflecting on failure, children begin to see how to correct themselves and then try again with better results.

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Our firefighters, they show up every day to fight fires. If, God forbid, there's a situation where they have to fight cancer, they shouldn't have to fight bureaucrats to get the care they deserve.

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The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our budget.

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I don't think that we need to raise tuition on our students. I don't think that our students should be made to pay for the mistakes of our past politicians and the promises they made.

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We need a modern government that allows people to do more on-line instead of making them wait in line.

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Missourians are a hardworking people. They want good, quality jobs.

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Trial lawyers can sue people in the state of Missouri, and because of how broken the system is, if they win just one dollar for their client, they still get paid huge legal fees. For too long in this state, trial lawyers have picked our people's pockets.

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If you want to start or grow a business in the state of Missouri and hire more people with good jobs, I will be your friend and ally.

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I know the pride of carrying our nation's flag abroad - and I have felt the grief of burying too many friends beneath that flag at home.

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Our state's world famous motto, 'Show me,' reminds us that Missourians don't much value big talk.

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In Missouri, we built the steamships that plied the Mississippi. It was people of Missouri who believed that a human being could fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. And it was Missourians who built the capsule in which an American first orbited the earth.

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