Bill Janklow

“I didn't hit my brakes. I didn't see the stop sign. It was a tragic accident.”

“I'm a great believer in the fact that if you don't have a record to run on, you trash your opponent.”

“Some people call it pork. I call it good government.”

“I'm not going to be some namby-pamby, go-along-to-get-along governor.”

“I didn't declare war on the Indians. I declared war on criminals, and the criminals happened to be Indians.”

“It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.”

“I didn't get elected to be popular. I got elected to do a job.”

“There are two things in this world that you never want to let people see how you make 'em -- sausage and law.”

“We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.”

“I have had a blessed life. It has been a life of many opportunities and I have been blessed with a wonderful family and friends.”