Quotes from Doug Ducey

When it comes to free speech and participation in the democratic process, our laws should reflect the goal of making it easier for more citizens to engage.

In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.

Serving ice cream isn't exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me today.

I'm committed as governor to valuing and nurturing our relationships with our friends to the south.

I took an oath of office to protect Arizona from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

The best way to keep water prices down is to avoid unnecessary increases in costs.

I want to be an independent and responsible voice for Arizonans, and it would be unwise to endorse a specific approach before the costs and benefits of these options can be evaluated.

If you saw a better idea or business anywhere in the world, and you could reapply it legally and ethically and with attribution, you were supposed to do that. And I used that learning in building Cold Stone.

As CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, we used a concept called 'search and reapply,' which meant that if we found better ways of doing something, then we would do it.

Federal government has forced a one-size-fits-all model on our education system.

Arizona should be to the Sharing Economy what Texas is to Oil and what Silicon Valley used to be to the tech industry.

Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.

I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.

Earning a certificate or degree, or both, after high school opens the door to countless economic opportunities.

We want to control our own destiny and take responsibility for our own outcomes.

Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.

Every large brand has franchisees and stores that don't make it. It's unfortunate, and Cold Stone did everything it could to support its franchisees, but some failure rate is part of the business.

As our economy advances, our government and our laws need to modernize, too.

If there's one thing Arizona is best in the nation at, it's water.

To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that I haven't read - I don't think is good policy for any chief executive.

If you're old enough to father a child, then you're old enough to accept financial responsibility for that child. If you don't want your embarrassing, unlawful, and irresponsible behavior going viral, man up and pay up.

What many don't know is that Arizona has a something called the State Land Trust - a fund with assets that have been set aside and invested for decades specifically to benefit education.