Roy Barnes Quotes

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.
Roy Barnes

Great, Fight, Job

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.
Roy Barnes

Education, Good, Teacher

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.
Roy Barnes

Red, Amendment, Rejects

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.
Roy Barnes

Life, Government, After

And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works.
Roy Barnes

Government, Give, Public

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.
Roy Barnes

Public, Week, Open

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.
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Great, State, Perfection

As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.
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Population, Georgia, Increased

Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.
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Business, State, Common

By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.
Roy Barnes

Together, Give, Working

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.
Roy Barnes

Education, Help, Problems

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.
Roy Barnes

Today, Rest, Position

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.
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Government, Honest, Making

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity.
Roy Barnes

Business, Prosperity, Profit

In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.
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Problems, Year, Knowing

Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.
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Political, Party, Neither

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions.
Roy Barnes

Work, Government, Won

One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it.
Roy Barnes

Time, Long, Law

Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.
Roy Barnes

Learn, Child, Last

So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.
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Today, Georgia, Outlook

The time has come to end social promotion in our schools.
Roy Barnes

Time, End, Social

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.
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Country, Earth, Public

Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth.
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Growth, Side, Effects

We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.
Roy Barnes

Hope, Training, Changed

We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Roy Barnes

Beauty, Live, Wonderful

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: March 11, 1948

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