Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.
Christine Gregoire

Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.
Christine Gregoire

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.
Christine Gregoire

I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.
Christine Gregoire

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.
Christine Gregoire

I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.
Christine Gregoire

I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel.
Christine Gregoire

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.
Christine Gregoire

It is time for us to turn a corner and come together, put our differences behind us and focus on the future.
Christine Gregoire

It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.
Christine Gregoire


It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.
Christine Gregoire

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.
Christine Gregoire

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.
Christine Gregoire

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.
Christine Gregoire

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.
Christine Gregoire

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.
Christine Gregoire

Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other.
Christine Gregoire

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.
Christine Gregoire

We are thinking ahead to long-term care, aware that many folks don't plan ahead and won't be ready. We want to see to it that people will have choices.
Christine Gregoire

We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.
Christine Gregoire