"Probably red, even though this is not my political thinking. They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it." - musing about Cuban and Puerto Rican women during a private taped conversation with advisers in 2006. This is why I came here." - 2005 State of the State address. It is the means to a better life, where anything is possible-no matter where you came from, no matter who you are. But our dream -the California dream- ah, that means something. If you talk about the Illinois dream or the Delaware dream or the Kentucky dream, no one would know what you meant or what you're talking about. "We must remember that this is the state that represents a dream. So to my fellow Californians, I say-message received." - reflecting on the 2005 special election during his 2006 State of the State address. And the people, who always have the last word, sent a clear message-cut the warfare, cool the rhetoric, find common ground and fix the problems together. I have absorbed my defeat and I have learned my lesson. I barreled ahead anyway when I should have listened. I didn't hear the majority of Californians when they were telling me they didn't like the special election. "Now it's true that I was in too much of a hurry. I should have also listened to my wife who said 'don't do it.' " - after four of his ballot initiatives failed in a 2005 special election. If I would do another 'Terminator' movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election. And I'm sorry if that, you know, offended anyone, but it was a language problem because I meant securing our borders, rather than closing our borders, because, of course, we don't want to close the borders because I think that we have a terrific relationship with Mexico." - apologizing in 2005 for suggesting that California close its border with Mexico. Unless we go to the root of the problem and reform the system, the budget will continue to be one big fight, year after year after year." - 2005 State of the State address. Our economy would suffer, jobs would be lost and the people would be punished. We could raise taxes by billions but that would only further drive up spending by billions of dollars. "A lot of people say, 'Arnold, why don't you just raise taxes and be done with it?' Well, as I said earlier, we don't have a revenue problem. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long." - addressing the 2004 Republican National Convention. "As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. California is the easiest sell I've ever had." - 2004 State of the State address. If I can sell tickets to my movies like 'Red Sonja' or 'Last Action Hero,' you know I can sell just about anything. And now most of my energies will go into selling California. "If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers, and I want them to make the millions of dollars - if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men." - criticizing Democratic legislators, whom he accused of blocking the state budget and catering to special interests, in 2004. But together, we can." - 2003 Inaugural address. There's a massive weight we must lift off our state. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing.
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