Political Quotes

On the record

U.S. Governors

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

Filter by
163,878 quotes

Current governors

Former governors

Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 6, 2025

If I offended anyone in any way, I didn’t mean it.

nypost.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 6, 2025

There is a sensitivity that has evolved that is real. It has to be respected.

nypost.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 6, 2025

I won’t kiss a person on the cheek unless they initiate a kiss.

nypost.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 6, 2025

I learned a lesson, a painful lesson, which is to be much more cautious about everything you say, any joke, any comment.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

Peaceful protesters have been hit with tear gas and shot with rubber bullets; journalists simply reporting the facts on the ground have been targeted and arrested; U.S. citizens, including children, have been traumatized and detained.

nbcnews.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2025

It’s an extremely dangerous situation.

apnews.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

They are the ones that are making it a war zone.

apnews.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

I call on [Texas] Governor [Greg] Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion.

nypost.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2025

So I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they are law-abiding Americans who love this country.

nypost.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2025

They suck, and we’ll win, and God will bless us, and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

Every American to speak up to help stop this madness.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations and increasing the mistrust of police.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

The Trump administration’s illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm.

nypost.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act so that he can send military troops to our city.

nbcnews.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 6, 2025

The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.

nbcnews.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Oct 6, 2025

And again, making that investment so we can make sure that we're securing these critical mineral supplies.

cbsnews.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Oct 6, 2025

They're one of the companies that has mining claims in this area that is remote wilderness right now.

cbsnews.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Oct 6, 2025

The Department War, the United States government, is making an investment

cbsnews.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Oct 5, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for keeping it safe.

nypost.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Oct 5, 2025

They suck, and we’ll win, and God will bless us, and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day.

nypost.com