Chris Christie
Chris Christie
Christopher James "Chris" Christieis an American attorney, politician and member of the Republican Party who has been the 55th Governor of New Jersey since January 2010. His term ends January 23, 2018...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 September 1962
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
mistake lying people
There are times when people that you put in those positions make mistakes, they disappoint you, you lose their - you lose your confidence in them, or they lie to you. And when you find that out, the test of leadership is what do you do.
believe thinking rights
People have the absolute right to preach and to think and to say whatever they believe, and at the same time those beliefs can't be used as the basis for denying other people their equal rights and their equal freedom.
want court
I'm quite sure that no court is telling anybody that they cannot say whatever they want to say.
jobs zero years
In the eight years before I became governor, there was zero net private sector job growth in New Jersey. Zero. For eight years.
retirement program congress
I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor, I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that.
apology next-day safety
I was appointed U.S. attorney by President [George] Bush on September 10th, 2001, and the world changed enormously the next day, and that happened in my state.I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way.
america poverty social
Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard, and played by the rules, and paid into the system grows old in poverty in America.
country our-country
Leadership is not about me, it's about our country.
bullying people personality
It's easy for people to be characterized in public life based upon their personality, and I have a very direct, blunt personality. And I understand why some people would then characterize that, especially people who don't like you, as bullying, but it's not that.
military america stronger
The first thing we need to do to make America stronger is to strengthen our military.
people trying satisfying
I'm not in the business of satisfying everybody. I'm in the business of trying to satisfy the people who elected me governor.
fighting years careers
I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.
teacher cutting pro-life
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 teacher's union.
country worry choices
This president [Barack Obama] has had weak leadership, which has led to bad choices. We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.