3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Chris Christie I think Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time. Whether he’ll do it again in the future, I don’t know. But Gov. Romney never has.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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 always pick being respected.
3 December 2020 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 certain things. No, we can’t do certain things.
3 December 2020 Chris Christie And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I’ve been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I’m no different when I’m sitting with you than I am when I’m at home or anyplace else.
3 December 2020 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 the emotions of the times.
3 December 2020 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 politics on the national level.
3 December 2020 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 teach because they love children.
3 December 2020 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?
3 December 2020 Chris Christie Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people’s government.
3 December 2020 Chris Christie Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it’s awful policy.
3 December 2020 Chris Christie I don’t think there’s anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.
