Top 20 Quotes & Sayings by Phil Murphy

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Phil Murphy.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Philip Dunton Murphy is an American financier, diplomat, and politician who has served as the 56th governor of New Jersey since January 2018. He succeeded Republican Chris Christie in the governorship. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama.

American - Politician | Born: August 16, 1957

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I am a huge believer in organized labor. Period. Full stop.

Phil Murphy

I can't give up the allegiances I grew up with, given where I was born and where I grew up, but you won't see me at a Rutgers game rooting for somebody else. Let's put it that way.

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I think the notion of tax fairness is the reasonable thing to do.

Phil Murphy

I used to say the wealthiest among us have to pay our fair share, which I still occasionally say. That's not dodging the word 'millionaire.'

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We want to say to everyone: New Jersey's a place where gender does not play a role in how much you get paid.

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Earned sick leave gives workers a lot more confidence and adds to their participation in the economy.

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We are closing corporate loopholes so we are hardly being heroic to close the combined reporting loophole. I think 28 or 30 other states have done it and a lot of those states will be trying to get Amazon.

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If you're in Alabama, you're selling tax incentives - with all due respect to Alabama - because what else are you going to sell? In New Jersey, you've got location, public education, highly educated workforce, density, diversity, infrastructure.

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I think you can find a good, happy balance between being a great research university as Rutgers is and being a high-quality sports program.

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My life's a book; I've got a bunch of different chapters.

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I think it would be a great honor to get another Super Bowl, but not just limited to that. Other events, sporting or otherwise, I think New Jersey has an enormous opportunity given our location and our natural resources, our passion generally and specifically for sports, I think we're a natural.

Phil Murphy

When you buy a company that's been on its butt you raise a lot of money, you instantly put new management in place, but that's the end of the glory for three to five years, grinding it out one day after the other.

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Listen: I love sports and my family loves sports.

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I think New Jersey's process is actually a very good one - the good government. The governor presents the budget, you've got one-on-one meetings, you've got leadership meetings, you've got hearings, more importantly, that are transparent and open.

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Raising the minimum wage does not take from growth, it adds to growth.

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I'll go to my grave saying a gimmick is not good public policy.

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What is the deepest passion for me and for us is the historic investment in the middle class and in - as I say often because I was that guy growing up - the dreams of those who look up who want to get into the middle class. That I feel the strongest about.

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