Erskine Bowles Quotes (27 Quotes)

It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.

it won't be necessary to begin with.

There's every reason to think he'll be on the ticket, ... It's a decision the vice president will make on his own.

In today's knowledge-based global economy, we're competing head-to-head with China, India and dozens of other countries that are making tremendous strategic investments in education and research. The cold hard fact is that if we don't get more of our own people better educated, we're in a losing fight, a fight that if we shape up, we can still win and win big.

I believe my experience in the private sector and the public sector has truly prepared me to lead North Carolina into the 21st century.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

I can't imagine having another opportunity to have such a positive impact on the lives and livelihood of the people of North Carolina, ... You will never see someone who is more excited to be here than I am.

It would be disappointing and disturbing if our ability to provide assistance to victims of natural disasters and our troops in Bosnia and Iraq were held hostage to partisan politics in the House,

Come January 1, I promise you I will be prepared to accept this public trust,

I am not a politician.

Any staff who are found to be engaging in such conduct will be fired immediately. In addition, we have make clear to persons outside the White House that we will not tolerate such conduct.

Nobody thought we could balance the federal budget, ... I found that if I just listened hard enough, I could find some common ground.

He added, Nobody is more disappointed in what the president did than I am. ... I'm angry with him. I'm disappointed. I think what he did was just dead wrong. It hurts that he lied to me and he lied to the American people. At the same time, I know that none of us are all good or all bad. There are lots of things he has done as president that I'm proud to be a part of.

It's awfully tough -- it's painful -- when a friend gives you justifiable criticism, and that's what Joe did,

will lay a strong foundation for further action.

If I can run a positive campaign and talk about what I believe are important things for North Carolina to do -- and if I think I can win -- then I'll probably take the plunge,

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable.

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

I applaud the president's choice of Dan Reed as a member of PCAST. He brings a broad range of knowledge and experience to the job and will be a strong voice for North Carolina as the council develops national priorities for research, education and IT development.

Unless we are imposing tough penalties on the tobacco companies and doing everything in our power to reduce teen smoking, this administration will not address proposals to give tobacco companies protection from liability,

You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.

I have been and remain in absolute awe of your vision and your intellect, of your genuine warmth and concern for others,

The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.

We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

Up until today, the North Carolina Research Campus has been an audacious idea on the part of David Murdock. Now it will lead to a more prosperous future.

He was very clear when he decided there were three basic areas where felt there needed to be some change, ... First in the area of legal immigrants, second in the area of food stamps and third to give the governors some more flexibility.