Top 70 Ken Cuccinelli Quotes

I like being home for dinner.

I was one of the founding members of State Legislators for Legal Immigration.

I will be the first to admit that I’ve made my own mistakes when it comes to Virginia’s disclosure requirements.

A media-only campaign has its advantages, but it also has its very severe disadvantages.

I don’t get to sue just because I don’t like something.

Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effect of inculcating the former into a culture of criminality common among the latter, making them more of a risk to public safety upon release than when they originally went in.

I absolutely believe that President Obama was born in the United States. I don’t buy into the claims that he wasn’t.

When you run on something definitive and then win by a significant margin, you have a mandate.

Even without mandatory sentences, judges are still capable of levying tough penalties for serious offenses – and just as in states like Texas that have ‘tough on crime’ reputations, this can be done without jeopardizing public safety.

I don’t go hunting with kings and princes.

I look Italian, but I act Irish.

An e-cigarette does not function in manner of a traditional cigarette because it functions electrically rather than via combustion of a material such as tobacco.

Every time you blow the whistle, half the people are going to be mad at you.

If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there’s no reason logically one wouldn’t think they could undertake to enjoy the other rights protected under the First Amendment.

We have a battle over the fundamentals of our country.

Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders’ vision. But we have to act like it.

There are just some things about being president that are difficult.

My wife’s a gardener. I’d put Astroturf down everywhere, but I get outvoted one to one every year.

One of the challenges for lawyers can be explaining, first of all, what the legal issue is and, second, its significance. And both of those are important.

In Virginia, we want to have our own opportunity to control our own destiny, control our own market.

If you give me enough questions honestly answered, I can get you to the hollow core of any liberal position.

I want very much to see some sort of compromise reached in the area of immigration… so that we could move on to other issues.

I have a serious concern about middle-class families being able to afford college.

I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal government can exercise jurisdiction over, including the courts. To do that, we would need an amendment to the Constitution.

I don’t mind fighting as long as it’s for a good cause.

I don’t mind knife fights. I just want the knives to come to the front.

They spend us into the dirt and lie like crazy, and, my gosh, I have never seen an opponent who just lies like he’s taking a drinking of water like Terry McAuliffe. It is nothing to him.

I was an attorney general. That was – that matters to me, and if you won’t obey your own rules, there’s no reason to think you’ll obey any others.

I have not always held the position I do today on the life issue.

I love algebra. Love it.

The media is really failing the American people.

One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren’t used to, that there’s nothing left to hide.

The truth is our friend.

When Eric Cantor lost, being the only majority leader in history to lose a primary, that was pretty – and still is – earth-shattering in Virginia and across the country.

For all the criticism of me, there’s one thing you won’t hear anybody say, and that’s that I’ve pulled the wool over anyone’s eyes.

We are moving the debate in a more limited government direction. And in a more rule of law direction, a more conservative direction.

Unlike in Washington, Virginia’s leaders don’t run from serious problems. We tackle them.

Let’s help take back our country with our wallets, and don’t forget to contact your senators and congressman to let them know that you don’t want amnesty for illegal aliens, that you want them to restore our borders and our sovereignty.

I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.

Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it.

One of the beauties of the Tea Party movement – and the many, many like-minded citizens that don’t participate in the Tea Party movement – is the fact that it is independent.

The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.

I don’t believe you back off being pro-life: You don’t stop being pro-life because they say you’re mean because you’re pro-life.

What to do about these increases in crime? Plenty of laws already exist to punish violent criminals, and research questions the level of correlation between longer sentences and lower crime rates.

I learned as a mascot that rules don’t really apply to you. As long as you don’t go crazy with that. You want to go be the 12th man on a football play, they might have an objection, but otherwise, if you stay out of the way of the game, you can do most anything.

I don’t play golf with presidents.

I start with a concern about the growth of federal government. I start with a perspective concerned about the growth of that power, and containing it within the bounds of the Constitution.

I’m the most pro-liberty elected official statewide in my lifetime. It isn’t even a close call, so for people who care about protecting liberty, there’s never been – again, in my lifetime in Virginia – a statewide elected official who’s been as aggressive and consistent about doing that as I have.

Put simply, no one in state government can create new specially protected classes except the General Assembly with the concurrence of the Governor.

I would rather we limited – for the sake of transparency – we limited the number of taxes that we had and we were right up front about what they are, how much they are, and so forth.

Because the Advanced Placement Examination test is the required end-of-course examination, it cannot reasonably be viewed as a service or program for which a fee may be levied.

It is my opinion that a local school board cannot impose a mandatory fee on students taking advanced placement courses for the required taking of the Advanced Placement Examination.

Strategies that do show evidence of effectiveness include policing that’s focused on high-risk individuals or geographic areas, and/or deterrence-based approaches that hold entire gangs accountable should individual members engage in criminal behavior.

On the issues the Tea Party cares about, I land right in their bull’s-eye.

I’ve always been one of those folks who think competition is actually a good thing. And if we’re going to preach it as a party, we need to practice it.

I have been approached to consider an appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court. I am humbled and honored to be considered for such a position, but it is not something that my wife and I have previously contemplated.

We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of ‘putting people in jail and throwing away the key’ does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

Elections are about choices.

Simply being secretary of state didn’t allow Clinton to authorize herself to deviate from the requirements of retaining and transmitting classified documents, materials and information.

We need to move back toward a free market.

Competition’s a good thing.

Am I happy with the choice? No I’m not. But I’m going to make my choice, and I expect to vote for Donald Trump.

There’s some bells you can’t unring.

The very purpose of Clinton’s server was to intentionally retain documents and materials – all emails and attachments – on the server in her house, including classified materials.

Telling the public, ‘We’ll get to it later,’ is inadequate. That’s what the federal government does.

It’s hard to make me speechless.

Senator Cruz has done well in Republican states.

I didn’t run for office to make friends.

The one thing that even my staunchest opponents will admit is I’m a straight shooter and that I’m a man of my word.