Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Tate Reeves

Mississippi is a beautiful, powerful state. We have many natural resources: from the fertile soil that produces our crops to the beautiful coastline that draws visitors from around the world. But Mississippi's greatest resource has always been and will always be our people.

We're gonna run this state like Donald J. Trump is running America.

I know that our state has what it takes to be exceptional. And I know that with God's continued providence and our unconquerable spirit, together, we can get there.

Personal responsibility is better than any government order.

Panic moves you to hoard essentials and prevent others from getting what they need.

We are a resilient people defined by our hospitality.

Trust with risk is better than unchecked government power.

I want to compete with the best - Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. Because I know that not only can we compete, I know that we can win.

I don't believe there is any constitutional or statutory authority for any president to shut down Mississippi's economy.

We think one of the priorities in Mississippi is not to do what some would suggest, which is to defund the police. Rather, we want to have an initiative to actually fund the police.

I want all Mississippians to know that every man and woman of every region, every background, every race, every class, and every home in our state has my admiration and my respect.

We deliberately filled our rainy-day fund to its statutory capacity over my time leading the Mississippi Senate as lieutenant governor.

Conservative policies work.

No one likes high school and college sports more than I do.

I strongly support anyone's right to peacefully protest.

We can let the east coast have their ivory towers. We can let the west coast have a generation of gender studies majors. We will take more jobs and higher pay!

There is no doubt in my mind that we need to spend more money on roads and bridges in Mississippi.

We, as a state, need to think big. What can we do to make a splash? What can we to do to say to the world, 'Not only do we want you to invest capital here, we want you to move here?'

We don't need union bosses to tell us how to take care of our people. We never have, and we never will in Mississippi.

We've been tested by every force of nature, disease, and human frailty.

We have a very transient population. We have a lot of people that live here and work or play in New Orleans.

We don't pay our teachers what they're worth.

Many of my friends and allies - not to mention my critics - lobbied me to spend on worthy causes. Who cares about a rainy-day fund when times are good? There are raises to give and projects to fund!

Our commitment to our pro-life values must never waver.

I was attacked for being stingy and not spreading money around to popular programs. Ahead of my 2019 run for governor, those stances cost me politically.

I don't see the relevance in a teacher becoming a member of the Rotary Club, how that is going to improve student achievement.

Let's eliminate the income tax, which is one huge speed bump to long-term economic growth and recovery.

Big government intervention creates as many problems as it solves - that was the lesson of Obamacare.

Mississippi is an imperfect state, and I can predict with certainty that I will reflect that imperfection. Mississippians also strive for excellence, and I swear to reflect that as well.

There's public health risks to doing large political gatherings, but in this country - and we do still live in America - we protect the right to free speech and we protect the right to political discourse and political events.

Caution leads you to stock up on essentials and prepare your family for time in the home together.

I certainly wouldn't want to be a Republican who votes to significantly increase taxes for certain segments of the general public.

The approach I take to legislation a lot of times is that Mississippi has been a state for 198 years, and if we have made it this long without a particular law being on the books, we can probably make it another year without it.

A government program helps for a month, but a good-paying career helps a family for generations.

I was just 29 years old when I first took an oath in this Capitol to serve the people of this great state.

No business is non-essential to those who rely on its paycheck for food, for supplies and for shelter.

We should invest in healthcare... We can and we should do all of this without succumbing to the siren song of big government.

We need a governor strong enough to take us to our full potential. Jim Hood won't, but I will.

The state does not run the water system in the city of Jackson. Perhaps we should.

I'd still rather be in the SEC with no tailgates than in the PAC-12 of Big 10 with no football.

I want to make sure everybody in this state understands that I am going to prioritize the education of our young people first and foremost.

I do not think it's good public policy to put 300,000 more Mississippians on government health care.

We can't have career criminals walking around with no records. The law enforcement community that I spoke with agreed.

Mississippi's never going to be China.

A culture of love and kinship has knitted Mississippi families together, and tied them to each other, for ages. It is what makes us special in a fast-paced and transient world. I will defend that culture against the erosion that frays societies.

If you are being held back by some unnecessary government rule or process, we will provide an easy way for you to let us know. And whenever we can take action, we will do so quickly.

A growing, vibrant economy solves more problems than any government giveaway ever could.

We should not use the heavy hand of government more than it is justified.

If you live in Tishomingo County and there's a statewide mask mandate you can't help but say, 'Well, that's probably for those folks in Hancock County.' If you put a statewide mandate, the folks in Hancock County are going to say, 'That's for the folks up in Tishomingo County, they can't possibly be talking about me.'

We will right the wrongs of the past, and we will do everything in our power to protect the dignity of every Mississippi life.

Do we have hospital capacity issues? We do. But the reality is in our state and virtually ever other rural state across America, we have ICU bed issues and hospital capacity issues even when there's not COVID-19.

We need a governor focused on job creation, bringing better and higher paying jobs to Mississippi.

Guidelines are better than lockdowns.

It is my mission to spend every single day creating a climate where good careers are plentiful - with every Mississippian prepared to pursue them.

When you are making mandates on individuals to do things like wear masks and you're making mandates on individual business owners to put guidelines in place... they need a little bit of lead time to build up and get that done.

There is a difference between caution and panic.

We can transform our economy.

We have to be willing to make sacrifices.

Panic moves you to despair and fear your neighbors.

I'm not a great patient, and so I don't love shots.