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James Douglas [1951-0]
Rank: 106
Leader, Former Governor of Vancouver Island


Sir James Douglas KCB was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in northwestern North America, now part of Canada. 

Alone, Gardening



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I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree.
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Care shouldn't start in the emergency room.
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It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. Alone, Gardening
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I've made a commitment that state spending in Vermont won't grow any more than the rate of inflation plus population growth.
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I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.
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We've got people, our friends and neighbors, who are losing their jobs, factories being closed. We have to get America moving again.
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I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.
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At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.
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France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment.
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The people in Dominica and the small communities where I were had no idea who I was, and there's no better security than that.
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Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting.
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Governor Kempthorne of Idaho, our chairman of the National Governors Association, is doing a great job bringing all of the nation's governors together to work as partners with the federal government.
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