Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Professions : Gov. Browse All Authors Top 18 quotes by Jersey Gov. Chris Christie I feel like we really have had a President for the last six and a half years that we still don't even know, we don't know what he really believes in. We don't know what he really is willing to fight for. We don't know whether he's really willing to fight for anything. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie top-news We never worry about what each other is thinking, unfortunately, in our country, we haven't had the same thing. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie top-news Some days I say things I probably shouldn't, every once in a while, there'll be some things I've said publicly that I'd like to pull the words back as soon as they come out of the mouth. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie top-news I'd rather be that way than standing up here calculating every word that's going to be coming out of my mouth, reading from some script so that you don't really know what's in here, and what I believe. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie top-news There shouldn't be any restrictions on who can give how much to who, but there needs to be 24-hour, absolute giving-out of that information over the Internet for people to know who you're taking from. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics It's one of the most difficult, distasteful parts of the job, and I'd rather be spending much more time out there than doing this. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics You pay taxes for lots of things that you don't get something directly back for. You do it to try and make us a better country and a better society. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics They're harboring a terrorist murderer who belongs in prison, she's just one example of the atrocities that have happened in Cuba. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics To be an effective politician, you need to be a professional ingrate, you have to be willing to take people's money and not do everything they want. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics I think that would be the wrong step for the public health of our country. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics Most of the folk I've met are much more concerned about work, so let's not get dragged into that part of the conversation. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics These folks are not going leave on their own. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics He never, never is anything other than who he is. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics I'm glad Congress is going to get involved in reviewing any deal the president makes. We need to have some more sober heads other than the president's looking at this, and I don't think it's a good deal for America the way it's framed right now. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics I'm not one of these guys who's going to give, on something as serious and important as foreign policy, a seat-of-the-pants answer, when I have an informed opinion, I'll give it, and when I don't ... I say 'I don't know.' I think 'I don't know' is a pretty powerful answer in politics. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics Everything's on the table for conversation, but I don't think that the problem right now in America is that we're undertaxed, so that would not be my inclination. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics When you're a leader you have to be willing to listen to everybody's ideas, but my ideas I've laid out very specifically yesterday how to fix these problems -- it doesn't include increasing taxes. That's not the way to fix this problem. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics At my core, I'm a trusting person. I believe in the honesty of other people. And I think, for me, I'm also someone who likes to delegate responsibility to people and let them perform. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie politics Similar Authors Montana Gov. Steve Bullock gov Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon gov Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant gov Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton gov Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gov Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson gov All Authors