Top 84 Quotes & Sayings by Bruce Rauner - Page 2

There are plenty of examples of very wealthy people who have run for office and failed, certainly in Illinois.

I tend to think that free-market conservative principles are the best ones for the CEO of a state.

I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.

I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

I don't care what the headline is. I want the results.

The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty.

Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well.

I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.

We have to be bold, tough, and fundamentally change government because Springfield is broken.

I like to spend money on investments.

We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens.

I've got to pick my fights at the right time.

I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.

In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.

Frankly, I would never ask a supporter to bet big on me if I wouldn't bet big on myself. It wouldn't be fair.

Money's important, but it isn't a motivator for me.

I think we've got to be competitive here in Illinois. It's critical we're competitive. We're hurting our economy by having the minimum wage above the national. We've got to move back to the national.

My wife and I believe that there's nothing we do together as a community that's more important than education.

Ronald Reagan helped me become a Republican.

To the people of Illinois let me say this. Business as usual IS OVER.

Capitalism is the greatest poverty-fighting machine in the history of mankind, and I'm proud of the role I've played in it.

The structure that is currently in place, inside government, forcing government employees to pay union dues, even if they don't want to be in a union -- that is fundamentally unconstitutional and it is against the American system of freedom of choice.