“In rural North Carolina, you find strong people who are driven by purp...” — Roy Cooper Quote

“In rural North Carolina, you find strong people who are driven by purpose and committed to working together: neighbor helping neighbor. You will find local farms like I used to work on, and family-owned businesses, like I used to own.”

“The ability for every legal, registered voter to participate in our democratic process should not be a partisan issue.”

“If we want to recruit and keep the best educators, we need to pay them better.”

“My commitment to rural North Carolina is personal. I understand the opportunities and challenges our rural communities face.”

“We were the first state in America to open our doors to publicly supported higher education. We had the foresight to create the Research Triangle Park. And through the efforts and sacrifices of all our citizens, we have built a state where anyone would be glad to raise a family.”

“As Governor, I'll work to improve police-community relationships, because everyone is safer when a sense of mutual trust and respect prevails.”

“We should help small businesses grow, create good-paying jobs, and give people the opportunities to succeed. And overturning the Biden joint employer rule is a first step in the right direction.”

“In March 2013, FinCEN issued guidance for virtual currency businesses - giving the industry some degree of clarity about how to be compliant on the federal level.”

“The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.”

“We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.”

“My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an extension of me. All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the time, whatever direction I'm heading in. And hopefully, everyone follows.”

“If I were a Democrat, I'd talk about taking money out of politics, but would tax businesses to provide kickbacks and multiply my own campaign war chest by 600%.”