“ A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension b… Chris Christie
“ Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of… Chris Christie
“ Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she cou… Chris Christie
“ I'm a conservative, pro-life governor in a state where it is really tough to be both. A state like New Jersey, with lots of Democrats, but still we cut taxes, we balanced budgets. We fought the teache… Chris Christie
“ They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan l… Chris Christie
“ I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two. Chris Christie
“ Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy. Chris Christie
“ And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to alwa… Chris Christie
“ Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government. Chris Christie
“ Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. Chris Christie
“ Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing. Chris Christie
“ Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and th… Chris Christie
“ Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whi… Chris Christie
“ Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change? Chris Christie
“ If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff. Chris Christie
“ The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more people in public life who are willing to say, no, we can't afford certa… Chris Christie
“ I believe marriage should be between one man and one woman. That's my view, and that'll be the view of our state because I wouldn't sign a bill that - like the one that was in New York. Chris Christie
“ It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of p… Chris Christie
“ Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They t… Chris Christie
