Quotes by Paul Cellucci

“Governor Romney went in there saying he was going to hold the line of taxes and despite a lot of pressure to raise taxes, he hasnt, ... Thats quite a significant accomplishment that he can proudly run on across the country.”

“I believe the real state of our state will be measured by the state of our schools.”

“But what they did not know - and what the Canadian government did not boast about - was that Canada had fallen to 35th place in the world in the number of troops it had committed to peacekeeping missions.”

“Its probably the worst coastal flooding since 1992. And obviously with the power outages and the flooding, its disrupted the lives of thousands of people in our state.”

“Democrats ... such as Vice President Al Gore, are fighting to preserve the status quo and protect an educational system that is failing our kids, ... But Republican governors are taking bold steps and forcing real change in our schools.”

“In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Ridge has created an exciting outreach program focusing on dads and their contribution to family life,”

“Children without fathers are five times more likely to grow up poor, twice as likely to drop out of high school and more likely to end up in foster care or juvenile justice facilities, ... There is no doubt that dads make a difference in childrens lives.”

“We have some significant differences on a number of specific issues. But our policy differences pale in comparison to overall scope of our cooperation,”

“This industry is declining. Its heading into oblivion. We dont want that to happen.”

“I saw him last in Kentucky, at the Kentucky Derby. Hes running a company down there, trying to turn it around and get it ready for sale. I think he is spending four days a week down there.”

We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.

These are Canadian and United States intelligence and law enforcement offices who are working in teams and who are using good intelligence and good law enforcement to really stop the criminals and terrorists before they ever get to the border.

I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as we work together to track down terrorists here in North America and put them out of commission.

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.