Robert J. Bentley

“I am committed to finding new revenue so that state agencies, like the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, can continue to provide essential public safety departments to Alabamians.”

“As your Governor, I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm's way.”

“I'm opposed to anybody getting between me and the patient.”

“You can't charge somebody with something they have not done.”

“I am concerned about the plight of the working poor... If doctors are not paid for seeing those patients, doctors will not go to rural Alabama because you can't expect a doctor to go to rural Alabama and lose money.”

“I'm opposed to Blue Cross telling me how to practice medicine. Or anybody else.”

“I want the people of Franklin County to know how much I care about them.”

“Anyone who has not accepted Jesus, I want to be your brothers and sisters, too.”

“If you start free trade with a Communist country, allow them to develop their own businesses, they don't remain communistic. They become a free society when they're able to make money themselves, and we increase trade with them and allow them to really produce products.”

“You can't be partially pregnant.”

“I love many members of my staff. In fact, all the members of my staff. Do I love some more than others? Absolutely.”

“I don't think anyone can accept us being 51st in the country dealing with fourth-grade math scores and reading scores in the fourth and sixth grades that are close to the bottom. That's not acceptable. It's not acceptable to the people of Alabama.”

“At no time I have used the resources of my office to facilitate a relationship of any type.”

“I certainly won't vote for Hillary Clinton, but I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump.”

“I've made a promise that taxes would be my last resort on issues.”

“We need someone who has the experience - and the demeanor - to be the president of the United States.”

“If the Holy Spirit lives in you, that makes you my brothers and sisters.”

“Either you're going to have to vote for taxes or not vote for taxes. So, if you've already voted for taxes, you've already done it.”

“Alabama is better than to depend on gambling to fund its government.”

“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.”