Words matter. These are the best Doug Ducey Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
This is America. Success is not guaranteed.
Where opportunities to expand trade and commerce exist, we will lead, and we will partner.
Thriving economies on both sides of the border is a win-win for Arizona and Mexico, but that will only come by working together and demonstrating mutual respect.
In our administration, we’re going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.
As CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, we used a concept called ‘search and reapply,’ which meant that if we found better ways of doing something, then we would do it.
These are basic, nonpartisan, non-ideological questions. How many United States senators are there… who was the first president.
When Arizona became a state, the federal government granted our founders nearly 11 million acres of state land. Every time we sell a piece of that land, proceeds go into the Land Trust where the money is invested and earns interest.
I built a company, a team, and a brand that started right here. It was an American success story, and it started right here in Arizona.
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.
Speculation replaces fact. It’s very easy to see news outlets running with information that is unconfirmed or erroneous.
Every large brand has franchisees and stores that don’t make it. It’s unfortunate, and Cold Stone did everything it could to support its franchisees, but some failure rate is part of the business.
We want to make sure Arizona residents have the opportunity to learn about the decisions we are making and have a chance to participate in the process.
I enjoy being out; I like being around people, but at a certain point in time, I kind of run out of charming, and I’m ready to go home, and I’m very comfortable alone.
Arizona has excellent medical schools, both public and private, and it is critical that we create an environment that keeps medical students in Arizona to practice medicine once they complete medical school and their residency programs.
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.
As parents, we all want the best for our children.
I have been outspoken on my opposition to ‘Obamacare,’ and I don’t buy the line that our Medicaid program, or any function of government, has reached maximum efficiency.
I hope you’ll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern – bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground.
I’ve visited schools all across our state, and the message is clear. Our kids have needs today, and our educators need more resources to do their jobs.
By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life.
Running to do a job as important as the governor’s shouldn’t be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I’m out there giving my best every day.
Serving ice cream isn’t exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me today.
If there’s one thing Arizona is best in the nation at, it’s water.
As our economy advances, educational attainment is going to keep Arizona competitive.
If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.
I’m always concerned about how our state looks.
Franchises are independently owned and operated businesses whose owners are responsible for their operations.
I’m committed as governor to valuing and nurturing our relationships with our friends to the south.
We should be working with the governor of Sonora to establish a commercial sea port on the coast of their state.
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.
One area where the state can be more effective in addressing the doctor shortage is to focus on making sure that Arizona is a friendly environment for doctors and those wishing to practice medicine.
My focus will be a strong and growing economy – so everyone who wants a job can find one.
Like many of us in Arizona, I wasn’t born here – I’m a product of the Midwest and the working class.
Let’s learn from our peers and then beat them at their own game.
Sky Harbor may be a city airport, but it’s an Arizona vital resource used by citizens all over the state, and our economy is dependent on its success.
I built a company; now, I would like to shrink a government and grow an economy.
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.
I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.
Setting the state budget is one of the most important tasks we undertake at the state Capitol – because after all, it’s the people’s money – not the government’s.
Arizonans want us to come together, put aside politics, and solve problems. You want us to do our jobs in way that reflects the best of our state. You want us to stop and listen – something that doesn’t always come naturally to people in politics.
Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.
What many don’t know is that Arizona has a something called the State Land Trust – a fund with assets that have been set aside and invested for decades specifically to benefit education.
You still find a great sense of possibility here, and I want to make sure that Arizona stays that way. I want us to be the welcoming, job-creating state we’ve been from the start, a place where everybody’s got a chance.
Biotech research is incredibly important for health-care innovation.
My focus is 100 percent on my day job, on the state of Arizona.
We will ensure Arizona continues to grow jobs, not destroy them.
If you saw a better idea or business anywhere in the world, and you could reapply it legally and ethically and with attribution, you were supposed to do that. And I used that learning in building Cold Stone.
It’s a sad day when Republicans will attack fellow Republicans on an issue as fundamental as free enterprise.
Governors compete. States compete. People & businesses decide.
I’m a pro-growth, small-government conservative with a background in free enterprise.
I’m a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.
My philosophy is that I may not like all the questions that you ask, and you may not like all the answers that I give, but this is part of a transparent government.
I understand the dignity that comes from work and caring for one’s family.
I ran for public office to do something good.
A great economy requires great public schools.
