Mike Parson Quotes

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“I always think coming from that background probably has always made me a better person as a candidate and probably was one of the reasons that I got elected to the second-highest office in the state — because of those values I learned as a kid in that small town and that small school. Knowing what it meant to respect one another and maintain that throughout my life. I hope someday, when politics are over, someone says, “You know, Mike Parson was a good statesman.” I always say the difference between a politician and a statesman: a politician is always worried about themselves and the next election. And you see that happen a lot. But I think statesmen are truly the ones who worry about the next generation.”

Mike Parson

Q&A Interview with Mo. Lt. Gov. Mike Parson https://www.wordandway.org/item/3729-q-a-interview-with-mo-lt-gov-mike-parson (May 11, 2017)

“People ask how it feels when we had such a big (Republican) sweep in Missouri, and they ask how we are going to answer that. I’ll tell you: it’ll be responsibility. Before we go around high-fiving each other, let’s see what we’re going to do as a team, what examples we’ll set, and what we’re going to do differently to make Missouri a better state.”

Mike Parson

Mike Parson brings variety of experience to Missouri lieutenant governor job http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mike-parson-brings-variety-experience-missouri-lieutenant-governor-job#stream/0 (December 20, 2016)

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