“If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school.”
- Paul LePage
“I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices.”
“What I'm trying to say is the Holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and frankly, I would never want to see that repeated.”
“Donald Trump is a little bit like I am. He says what needs to be said. Most of all, folks, he's not afraid of the United States liberal media. They dislike him nearly as much as they hate me.”
“Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity.”
“The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed.”
“And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012.”
“We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.”
“The worst part of my life is newspapers are still alive - sorry, I had to say it.”
“The best part of my life is I've been hired to work for the people of the state of Maine, and I'm very humble and very proud.”
“I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular, so I think I should support him since we're one of the same cloth.”
“I care for the poor. I am the one willing to work with the poor and have a safety net we can all depend on and make people understand that nothing in life is free. You have to get back to society.”
“Everybody looks at the negative effects of global warming, but with the ice melting, the Northern Passage has opened up. So maybe, instead of being at the end of the pipeline, we're now at the beginning of a new pipeline.”
“I went to work at 11 years old. I became governor. It's not a big deal. Work doesn't hurt anybody. I'm all for not allowing a 12-year-old to work 40 hours. But a 12-year-old working eight to 10 hours a week or a 14-year-old working 12 to 15 hours a week is not bad.”
