Bob Riley Government Quotations

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones

However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let's remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. The real credit for our economic renewal belongs to the people of Alabama .

Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.