Words matter. These are the best John Engler Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Sometimes it is better to begin the journey, to get under way, then it is to sit back and wait until such time that you’re convinced that all conditions are perfect and that there’ll be no surprises along the route.
I just have a position that any child that’s in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.
I think we’ve got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.
I expect my next job to be outside government.
I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.
The asbestos problem impacts everyone.
We didn’t pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.
I care about the children of Detroit.
I kept telling everyone I wasn’t going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.
Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.
We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they’re better off working.
Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you’re an educational innovator, that isn’t where the greatest need is.
I’ve gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn’t, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn’t make any difference.
All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.
The greatest luck that I’ve had has been the ability to find men and women who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of.
I’m a compassionate conservative.
And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.
Believe me, I’m not going to try to get into testing.
I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.
