24 Quotes by George Deukmejian

My understanding has always been that if there is any indication that pesticides are harmful, that they would not be allowed to be used.

There have been various pesticides that have been properly tested, that have been registered and then have been used and later on they've been discoveredthat they can create harm, like in the case of this Oftanol that was being used here (in Sacramento, against the Japanese beetle). Now they find that it can cause problems at least to animals. So we stopped using it.

It seems to me that it's better to allow people to have more spendable income.That helps 'LO stimulate the economy and create more jobs.

I don't see any need to unduly burden the taxpayer.

Whether I sign a bill or not, is generally an expression of my personal view on the subject. It's not an interpretation of an existing law.

I don't think there's any evidence to support that kind of criticism. I think that what we have attempted to do is to say that environmental concerns should certainly be addressed. We're not suggesting that any kind of development trample upon the existing laws that are there to insure that we maintain as high a quality of environment as possible.

The Supreme Court, or any court, when they make a decision, if that's a published decision, it becomes virtually like a statute. Everybody is suppose to follow that law. Whether I decide to allow a law to become a law without my signature is simply in effect expressing a view that while I don't particularly care for this, the Legislature passed it, it was an overwhelming. vote, or maybe there were other reasons. But my decision not to sign doesn't have to be followed by everybody from that point on

Every lie has 2 parts - the lie we tell others and the one we tell ourselves to justify it.

The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.