A biography for Robert J. Bentleyhasn’t been written yet.
“I agree with 81 percent of the people of Alabama who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman.”
“You can't work across party lines when there aren't many of them. So I'm going to work across Republican Party lines because there are a lot of divisions in the Republican Party.”
“I can assure the people of Alabama I have never done anything illegal.”
“I was opposed to the government telling me how to practice medicine when I was a doctor.”
“I have no intentions of resigning.”
“Raising property taxes in Alabama is never going to happen. The people are never going to vote for that. I don't like property taxes, either.”
“My interest only is trying to help the lives of the people of this state, try to educate people and create jobs. It's not even for me. I've never gained anything. I don't even take a salary. I've never gained anything from being here except for the joy and the privilege of serving the people of this state.”
“Nobody is going to come into Alabama to buy lottery tickets. The only people that are going to buy them here are those that live here, and that's just a certain percentage of people.”
“What I don't want to see is our political system corrupted by gambling money, especially casino gambling money.”
“My goal is to have a simple lottery to help our people and solve a decades old problem dealing with our general fund, particularly Medicaid. Let us solve this together and allow the people in your district the right to be a part of the process with a vote.”
“If things don't work in education, we need change.”
“They only have to be right one time, the terrorists do, and we have to be wrong one time.”
“You have to have your wallet for security reasons. I'm the governor. And I had to have money. I had to buy something to eat. You have to have identification.”
“I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.”
“I endorsed Governor John Kasich for President because I felt like he was the most qualified and the best person to lead our nation.”
“Have I made mistakes? Yes, I have. And I admit those.”
“There are 500,000 poor children in this state that did not choose to be poor, and we have to take care of them.”
“We're really not going to get that much money out of a lottery for a small state like Alabama.”
“I'm not worried about state parks. I'm worried about people who can't be treated because they have schizophrenia or other mental illnesses out there. I'm worried about people.”
“I encourage the residents of Houston County to let their elected representatives know that closing the Dothan Trooper Post is unacceptable.”