Chris Christie Quotes

A chief executive doesn’t get to pick and choose which laws he will enforce.

If you're in Congress, you vote and give speeches. But governors have to make decisions every day, and presidents have to make decisions every day.

The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on this subject; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.

Governor of Louisiana By the Grace of the People

I'm a former governor, and so I was the chief executive, and when the legislature wasn't in session, I was running the state.

In politics, the leaders are supposed to work and work.

My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

I made more decisions in a half-day as governor than you can make in a whole week in the Senate... it's too slow for me.

The role of Premier is not one that should be taken lightly, nor is it a personal trophy.

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

I decline submitting my officials rights and powers to the determination of a coordinate department, usurping a jurisdiction unprecedented in the history of our country, and fraught with the greatest danger to our institutions. I shall deem it my imperative duty to repel, with all of the force vested in this department, any infringement upon my rights and powers.

My responsibilities as the governor are more than my neighbor’s and my family.

The administrative process is, in essence, our generation’s answer to the inadequacy of the judicial and legislative processes. It represents our efforts to find an answer to those inadequacies by some other method than merely increasing executive power.

The Founders of this Nation entrusted the lawmaking power to the Congress alone in both good and bad times … the President's power to see that the laws are faithfully executed refutes the idea that he is to be a law-maker.

The President cannot refuse to enforce a law simply because he does not like it.

When you become president, they don't give you a magic wand that you wave. You have to get legislation passed. You have to get agencies to run programs.

To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.

I feel lucky that I get the privilege of serving in the Senate.

When the president and the prime minister decide to implement reforms, they have all the measures they need to pass them and enforce them.

Governing has always been hard.