Author Profile
Doug Burgum
1956 • American • Politician
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Showing 14 quotesI do trust the voters... They want presidential elections to be about the future, a vision for the future.— Doug Burgum
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Trust
DAPL is an essential part of North Dakota's and the nation's energy infrastructure. It plays a pivotal role in ensuring energy security and affordability for the entire nation while providing enormous positive economic impact that touches every North Dakota citizen.— Doug Burgum
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Positive
People are yearning for leadership, and leadership to them does not mean a life spent as a career politician in North Dakota. It means someone who's got the characteristics of integrity and honesty. Someone you can trust and someone who's willing to take risks, someone who can take a leap and not know where they're going to land.— Doug Burgum
We should be selling energy to our friends and allies instead buying it from our adversaries and erecting more roadblocks to U.S. energy independence.— Doug Burgum
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Independence
After earning an M.B.A. from Stanford and working for a short time in Chicago at McKinsey & Co., I moved back home in 1983 and literally bet the farm to provide the seed capital for a startup, which we grew into a world-class company, Great Plains Software.— Doug Burgum
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Home
The Serve & Protect Reimbursement Program demonstrates our deepest gratitude for the invaluable service provided by our firefighters and law enforcement officers. We owe it to these brave men and women to ensure they have access to the best possible health care.— Doug Burgum
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Health
The 10th Amendment is very clear about what the federal government's role is.— Doug Burgum
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Government
North Dakota is already an energy and ag powerhouse, and we're excited to build on our reputation as states that feed and fuel the world with environmental stewardship and a focus on innovation over regulation to meet our nation's evolving energy needs.— Doug Burgum
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Environmental
By bringing together stakeholders from across the education community, we can identify and recommend policies and best practices for retaining and recruiting teachers, providing them with the resources and support they need to be successful and deliver a world-class education to their students.— Doug Burgum
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Education
In North Dakota, the ability to waive hours of service quickly during an emergency without having to slog through a sea of bureaucratic red tape can literally mean the difference between life and death or the loss of someone's livelihood.— Doug Burgum
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Death
We've always been value-driven with things like gratitude, curiosity, courage, humility and a sense of community.— Doug Burgum
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Courage
Everything we do in state government, we do with a shared purpose: to Empower People, Improve Lives and Inspire Success. Combined with our shared values of gratitude, curiosity, humility and courage, we're working to develop a positive and innovative state government culture in North Dakota.— Doug Burgum