Bob Martinez - [Explaining his anti-abortion stance:] When you're f

[Explaining his anti-abortion stance:] When you're functioning out of conviction, you can't think of politics.

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Bob Martinez, Director, Office of Drug Control Policy, Governor of Florida (Republican), Quoted in Time, October 23, 1989

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Bob Martinez

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Robert Martinez is a retired American politician who was the first person of Spanish descent to be elected to the office of Governor of Florida. He was the state's 40th governor and held the office from 1987 to 1991.

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