Political Quotes

Paul R. LePage

The Public Record

Quotes by year · 2012–202628 total · peak 2026 (15)
2012: 2 quotes2015: 1 quote2016: 1 quote2017: 9 quotes2026: 15 quotes
Oct 1, 2026

The reason I have a problem with Medicare For All is they’re not telling you the truth.

mainemorningstar.com
Sep 25, 2026

Well, are they here legally? If they’re not here legally, they’ve broken the law. Unfortunately, and [ICE] have a job to do now.

huffpost.com
Sep 25, 2026

My son’s wife’s dad is here legally. But he’s being deported because he came from a country that’s not the liking to certain people in Washington. That’s not right.

huffpost.com
Sep 24, 2026

ICE should focus on criminals, rather than people with work permits who have long been in the country.

rollcall.com
Aug 13, 2026

I wanted every small business to know one thing: Maine was open for business.

mainemorningstar.com
Aug 13, 2026

When I became governor, my goal was to make government smaller, not bigger.

mainemorningstar.com
Aug 13, 2026

I’ve worried about payrolls. I’ve balanced budgets. I’ve hired people. I’ve fired people. It’s just part of what the world of business is all about.

mainemorningstar.com
Aug 10, 2026

The Constitution is very clear, and I do not support any restrictions on the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

mainemorningstar.com
Aug 10, 2026

If it’s gonna go against the Second Amendment, there’s no compromise,” LePage said at the press conference. “The Constitution is very clear, and I do not support any restrictions on the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

mainemorningstar.com
Aug 10, 2026

It’s so, so important that as your governor in the state of Maine, I fought for the Second Amendment,” LePage said, of the constitutional right to bear arms. “The Second Amendment is freedom. It’s all about our ability to move around and…

mainemorningstar.com
Jul 31, 2026

JD Vance being here today is a warning shot to every fraudster, scam artist and corrupt bureaucrat protecting our broken system.

mainemorningstar.com
Jul 14, 2026

Way, way too close to Platner. Way too close to Bernie. Way too close to AOC. That whole gang.

foxnews.com
Nov 1, 2017

If they partner with the state, and the state has a major role to play, then I think governing at the local level is much better than governing from Washington.

congress.gov
Nov 1, 2017

As governor, I have witnessed far too many cases of the Federal Government's inability to quickly address problems facing citizens across Maine.

congress.gov
Nov 1, 2017

The mechanism laid out in the bill are simply not the way to achieve the goal of keeping our waterfronts working.

congress.gov
Nov 1, 2017

The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing, and so there is conflict in regulations.

congress.gov
Nov 1, 2017

Reducing taxes, improving the science that underlies fisheries management, eliminating a burdensome and unnecessary regulation on small business and fair trade policies are far more important.

congress.gov
May 1, 2017

Nationally, the deferred spending on our parks and our monuments is in the billions of dollars. And that is what I fear.

congress.gov
May 1, 2017

If it is land that is properly managed, it is valuable. If it is land that is just going to be put into preservation, it is dangerous.

congress.gov
May 1, 2017

I think that they ignored the will of the governed.

congress.gov
May 1, 2017

Oh, absolutely. I believe that it is important to protect the culture of the United States. And this designation does not do that.

congress.gov
May 31, 2016

I believe that this land is in Maine, and the Maine people ought to make the decision on how we are going to preserve it, how we are going to conserve it, and how we are going to use it.

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