Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes (245 Quotes)


    Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

    I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back, lowering taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, What party is he My friend said, He's a Republican. I said, Then I am a Republican


    What is going to happen if everything fails Life goes on. What do you think, I'm worried about that I'm only thinking of one thing victory for the people of California. I've done my trip to glorify myself, to do all my things, and to shine. I'm doing this because it gives me a chance to give something back.

    California is facing an obesity epidemic, ... Today we are taking some first steps in creating a healthy future for California.


    ... The bottom line here is we want to give the power back to the people, ... Who is fighting us on that Not the general public. The politicians.

    Simon was a lion of a man, a survivor and a conqueror, a hero in every sense of the word.

    California's new law will ensure parental involvement in determining which video games are appropriate for their children. I believe strongly that we must give parents the tools to help them protect their children.

    Never one single time during those negotiations did anyone on the other side say, 'This is good for the people, this is good for the environment,' ... No one talked about any of this. It was all 'No, we want prevailing wage.'

    I am proud California is a leader in recognizing and respecting domestic partnerships and the equal rights of domestic partners, ... I support current domestic partnership rights and will continue to vigorously defend and enforce these rights and as such will not support any rollback.


    When I came here in 1968 from Austria as an immigrant, it's the last thing I thought, that one day 35 years later I would be standing here filing the papers to run for governor of the great state of California,

    Put it on the ballot - maybe they've changed their mind, ... Because I think the polls are different today than they maybe were five years ago. It could easily be that they favor gay marriage in California.

    As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

    Next year we will give more money. This is the first increase in career technical education in years, so this is a good beginning. We will create less dropouts because kids won't be discouraged.

    I did not just admire him, I was fortunate enough to know him. He was a hero to me.

    I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

    There's still a lot of people out there who don't quite understand what the initiatives are all about,

    What people need to know is that if they vote for Proposition 76, there will be no new taxes,

    Public employee union members should not be forced to contribute to causes, candidates and controversial issues that they don't believe in, ... That isn't a contribution, it's a tax.



    Warren has a common sense approach to business issues and an integrity that is unmatched. That's the same way I want to approach governing. Warren always tells it the way it is.


    My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

    I hated the regime -- hate the regime, the Third Reich, the whole Nazi philosophy -- have always fought against it,

    If we here in this chamber don't work together to reform the government, the people will rise up and reform it themselves. And I will join them. And I will fight with them.

    I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

    We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

    Minimum wage is a bill that cuts across party lines, and for him to veto it really works to our advantage. It makes it really hard for him to push a message that he needs these (ballot initiatives) because he can't get things done in the Legislature. We are getting things done. They are just things he continues to veto.


    China and California face the same challenges providing clean, abundant, reliable, affordable energy that will sustain our economies and our environment,

    I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

    What this bill does, basically, it gets the parents involved in the decision-making process when you go to buy or rent these video games,

    You know, at that WAMM rally the week before last, I was sitting up there and thinking, suppose some right-wing nut gets in and throws a bomb Well, what the hell, I'd rather die for a cause then die for nothing. It didn't bother me at all. I can't frighten myself anymore.


    Everyone at the table today agreed that we need very badly the infrastructure and that we need to address the things that are falling apart,

    For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

    No matter what your dream is, you can make that dream a reality, ... If you dream about being a millionaire, you can be that. All you have to do is study and be smart.

    Secretary Shultz and Warren Buffett ... both of them will help me pick a team and put together the best, the greatest and the brightest in the business world and economists in California.


    I think that it was terrific that Gov. Richardson was the first one to announce this state of emergency, because first of all he's Latino, ... So it was very clear because so many times when you make a move like that you're considered immediately a racist.

    I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.


    Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.

    You will see a very diversified team of people on that list. You will see people that are to the left, people that are to the right and people that are to the center.

    If they go back to the people, it could easily be that it will win, that it will pass, that we will have marriage amongst gay couples,

    Each of you has the power of the individual within you. You have the power of your dreams within. You are young you are educated you are the very best China has to offer, ... Do it for yourselves do it for China do it for the good of the world.

    Obesity-related health problems cost us 28 billion a year, ... We are going to terminate obesity in California once and for all.

    We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make sure our children have the books, that they have a place in the castle. We want to make sure that their mothers have affordable day care. We want to make sure we give the older people the care that they need.


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