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23 quotes by Gray Davis

Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. (December 26, 1942) is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003. Prior to serving as Governor, Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–1981), a California State Assemblyman (1983–1987), California State Controller (1987–1995) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–1999). Davis holds a B.A. in history from...
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I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity... →

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I have not been briefed.

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They're the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they will not do that. They will not pull the trigger.

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There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing for... →

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As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently.

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I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

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There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis.

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We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

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We're not going to take this sitting down. We are fighting back.

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We started focusing on this in earnest late summer and early fall. I can build more power plants. In the 12 years before us, not a single plant of... →

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Duke came to us. They volunteered to come to us and made a number of suggestions to some people on my staff. I don't know how I would... →

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Here is my general approach to the energy companies. You have already charged the utilities a 50 percent credit penalty for the power they were... →

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I know that Duke made a number of demands, including that the attorney general drop its investigation. We have no intention of asking the attorney... →

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