George Allen Quotes

The people of America need personal responsibility and freedom, not dependency on the government.

Most Americans recognize that whatever the government program is, no matter how essential it is, it's waste.

My mother is French-Italian with a little Spanish blood in her. I've been raised, and she was, as far as I know, raised as a Christian.

I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going to be aspiring and improving opportunities based on freedom and responsibility, or we're going to go down the path that dictates and mandates a dependency on government.

Coaches try to beat each other from the ears up.

We are so appreciative of the men and women in uniform who are protecting us, whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or on ships around the world. For our security, they are taking the offensive to the terrorists overseas.

Election Day 2010 saw the culmination of years of aggravation and resentment toward a federal government that became disconnected and disdainful of the values and priorities of Americans.

Today the primary threat to the liberties of the American people comes not from communism, foreign tyrants or dictators. It comes from the tendency on our own shores to centralize power, to trust bureaucracies rather than people.

I did learn that some of the things that are great for locker rooms are inappropriate for political discourse. That's a wisdom I've garnered.

I don't like talking about myself. I don't like talking about these introspective things.

We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue.

Losing the Super Bowl is worse than death. You have to get up the next morning.

Losers never know why they are losing. They will mention injuries, the officiating, the weather and bad breaks.

Football isn't necessarily won by the best players. It's won by the team with the best attitude.

I like to motivate and inspire people.

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life, but what we do about what happens to us.

I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness.

If you hate your job, don't worry, you won't have it for long.

I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.

The National Liberation Front was not ... a viable, autonomous organization with a life of its own; it was a facade, a "front," by means of which the DLD (the North Vietnamese Communist Party) sought to mobilize the people in the South to accomplish its ends, and to garner international sympathy and support.

...every time you lose, you die a little, inside. Not all your organs...maybe just your liver.

In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America.

Every time you lose you die a little bit. You die inside ... a portion of you. Not all of your organs. Maybe just your liver.

When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature. However, we worked across party lines and enacted historic reforms. Working together, we cut taxes by more than $600 million.