Erskine Bowles People Quotations

I don't think I need to be in lockstep with anybody other than the people of North Carolina,

In today's knowledge-based global economy, we're competing head-to-head with China, India and dozens of other countries that are making tremendous strategic investments in education and research. The cold hard fact is that if we don't get more of our own people better educated, we're in a losing fight, a fight that if we shape up, we can still win and win big.

And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable.

The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.

I can't imagine having another opportunity to have such a positive impact on the lives and livelihood of the people of North Carolina, ... You will never see someone who is more excited to be here than I am.