Political Quotes

On the record

U.S. Governors

Quotes from current and former U.S. state governors.

Filter by
170,754 quotes

Current governors

Former governors

Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2025

Just goes to show the power of working together

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2025

Neighborhoods that I visited during the height of this crisis, to hear from them on whether they feel the effects, and the answer is a resounding ‘yes,'

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2025

We don’t have cashless bail in. New York.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2025

New York is in a 'much much better direction than the trajectory we had been on'

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2025

The president is wrong. He’s flat out wrong.

nypost.com
Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Aug 25, 2025

We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes.

nbcnews.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 25, 2025

I’m a Democrat running on an independent line. Zohran [Mamdani] is a socialist running on the Democratic line.

nypost.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 25, 2025

I’m not a socialist. I’m not against business. I’m not against corporations.

nypost.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 25, 2025

This guy can’t bench his own body weight, let alone carry the weight of leading the most important city in the world.

nypost.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 25, 2025

How can you be a mayor of New York who’s anti-business? I do not get it.

nypost.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2025

He’s militarizing American cities. This is Putin’s playbook. This is authoritarianism. It’s happening.

newrepublic.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2025

I said that what’s happening in L.A. and the federalization of the National Guard, sending of the United States military, the Marines—700 of them, 4,700 in total—is a preview of things to come across this country.

newrepublic.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2025

This is existential, this moment. He’s trying to rig this one by literally shutting down mail-in voting. This is happening. Everyone, wake up.

newrepublic.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 25, 2025

By ordering this monster loose on America’s streets, this judge has shown a complete disregard for the safety of the American people.

usatoday.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 25, 2025

We will not stop fighting till this Salvadoran man faces justice and is OUT of our country.

usatoday.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 25, 2025

President Trump is not going to allow this illegal alien, who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator to terrorize American citizens any longer.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Aug 25, 2025

Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points.

nbcnews.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Aug 25, 2025

The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority. There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the @IL_Natl_Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty…

msnbc.com