Words matter. These are the best Bill Haslam Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My job is to get the very best people we can.
Doing something about infrastructure is something I would like to see while I’m governor.
The nation is trying to catch up with a rapidly changing world.
I think people are tired of just, this kind of continuous conflict. They want to see principled problem-solving.
Obviously, we have a political season in the United States, and there’s always different winds that blow on that.
If we are recognizing the Bible as a sacred text, then we are violating the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee by designating it as the official state book.
I want to emphasize that character in our leaders does matter.
I’m going to do my very best to ensure that our jobs are all market-competitive.
David Gregory is known by and respected by many for his years of service to the Tennessee Board of Regents and in many roles in state government.
As somebody who thinks Tennessee history is important, I want to make certain that’s still a part of the curriculum. I think that’s critical for the people growing up in our school system.
To say that because of someone’s heritage or their ethnicity that they are unable to provide fair judgement is just wrong. It’s just not how the judicial system works in our country and not how it ever can work.
Governors sometimes have a hard time jumping up on a table and yelling the loudest because they’ve actually been there. They realize it’s difficult to govern in a split environment.
Almost every business is regulated by the state. So if you’re going to say, ‘If you own any business, you shouldn’t run for public office,’ I don’t think that’s what we want.
Do I disagree that we need to ban all Muslims from entering the country? Yes, I disagree with that strongly.
My job as governor is different from the legislators. They represent their districts. I have to represent all 6.6 million Tennesseans and come to the best decisions I can.
We have to be about finding long-term solutions to our biggest challenges.
Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion.
If we abandon our values by completely shutting our doors to those who seek the freedom we enjoy or mistreating our neighbors who made it here after enduring unimaginable hardships, the terrorists win.
At the end of the day, I’m certainly hopeful they can leave some time to focus on Tennessee history. But we understand the struggle when it comes to curriculum time and what you just physically don’t have time for.
We have a lot of entitlement programs in this country, and we’ve seen how much they cost us on the back end when people don’t have the education they need. I say let’s make this investment on the front end. I think it’ll be better for the individual and better for our state in the long term.
If we believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then we shouldn’t be recognizing it only as a book of historical and economic significance.
Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our constitution prohibits.
When people talk about conservative government, that’s it in a nutshell. We’re using taxpayers’ money like we would use our own. We’re holding in the reins during good times so we’re prepared during bad times.
Although Senate Bill 1556 has received attention for its perceived focus, my job is to look at the actual substance of the legislation.
I actually went out and tried to hire the very best Cabinet officers that I could, understanding they can make help make the hard calls for the budget position that we’re in.
