Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Tate Reeves - Page 2

If Mississippians ever decide we should change our flag, and at some point they might, it should only be done by a vote of the people.

I fully support everyone's individual right to protest their government.

The great thing about living in America is anybody can run for anything they want to run for. And I think that's a great thing.

We all know that campaigns are necessarily tough.

I'm the only candidate running for governor that opposes Obamacare expansion in Mississippi.

The people of Mississippi, black and white, and young and old, can be proud of a banner that puts our faith front and center. We can unite under it. We can move forward together.

When we stand united we will emerge stronger as a state.

At some point we have to let Americans make the decision that they think is best for them and their family.

I am not threatening, I am promising the full force of our state will be ready and willing to defend our communities.

I'm opposed to Obamacare expansion in Mississippi. I'm opposed to Obamacare expansion in Mississippi. I'm opposed to Obamacare expansion in Mississippi.

The reason I'm opposed to raising the gas tax is I believe it would hurt working Mississippi families more so than anybody else in the state.

There are some people in our state who may choose a different public school because they have the private means to move from one district to the other. But why should we limit choice just to those who can financially afford it?

If people want to wear a mask into a Walmart or into a restaurant or into any other business - not only should they be allowed to do so; in many instances, they ought to be credited for doing so.

When we talk about public education, we don't worry about a district. We don't focus on an individual school or a building when we talk about education. We talk about kids and what's best for kids. It doesn't matter what's best for the adults; what matters is what's best for the individual kids.

We think that - that our elections process, which has been in place for many, many years, is a - ensures that we have a fair process in which we have the opportunity to limit fraud. We still have fraudulent claims every single election.

I like to look at the good things that are happening.

I don't think revenue in any one day, week, month or year should determine long-term tax policy.

I'm not afraid to tell people, 'No.'

I'm committed to spending more money on public education.

Mississippi's never going to be North Korea.

$100 million, while a lot of money, is nowhere near what's going to be needed to respond to COVID-19.

The people of Mississippi overwhelmingly voted to keep our flag in 2001. I oppose unilateral action by the governor or the Legislature or any other backroom deal by politicians in Jackson to change it.

President Biden is the duly-elected president and we will do everything we can to work with him to help the citizens of Mississippi.

We are taking the steps to transform education in Mississippi with every dollar invested in the classroom and every initiative expanding educational opportunities for students.

I don't believe some arbitrary line should preclude parents getting the best education possible for that child.

Battles in the Legislature can be tough.

It is fashionable in some quarters to say our ancestors were all evil. I reject that notion. I also reject the elitist worldview that these United States are anything but the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

Every kid in our state deserves an opportunity for success.

I don't support vaccine passports. I don't think it's necessary and I don't think it's a good thing to do in America.

Now, I can admit that as a young boy growing up in Florence, I couldn't have understood the pain that some of our neighbors felt when they looked at our flag - a pain that made many feel unwelcome and unwanted.

We are a people of great faith.

The people of Mississippi can't just go home, shut down their small business, shut down their restaurants, shut down their gyms... and just think that you can come back six weeks from now, flip a switch and everything's gonna be fine. That's not the way the economy works.

I don't know how many ways I can explain this to y'all but I'm opposed to Obamacare expansion in Mississippi because it is not in the best interest of taxpayers.

Eliminating the franchise tax is really about economic growth on Main Street.

It should not matter what a kid's zip code is nor should it matter what their mom and dad do or in some instance don't do for a living.

Joe Biden is the duly-elected president of the United States. He was certified by all 50 states either having won or lost, and he lost my state by 20 points, but he was certified in each of the individual states and certified by the U.S. Congress and he is the duly-elected president.

We've made great progress in educating and informing the public on the importance of getting more rigorous computer science education in all of our schools so that students have the knowledge, skills and abilities to compete for the best jobs in the new 21st century digital economy.

I reject the mobs tearing down statues of our history - north and south, Union and Confederate, founding fathers and veterans.

I am committed to elevating our public schools.

Our state, we do not allow mail-in voting and the reason we don't allow mail-in voting is we don't think that - we think it allows for lots of opportunities for fraud and other things. And I don't think mail-in voting should be allowed in other states around the nation.

For the first time in over a decade, your state government is doing what you do every day at home-spending what it takes in and saving for a rainy day.