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Ralph Northam Quotes

born 1959

Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American politician and physician who served as the 73rd Governor of Virginia from January 13, 2018 to January 15, 2022. The second Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and the second Governor of Virginia to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute, Northam graduated from VMI with the Class of 1981.

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The path to progress is marked by honest give and take among people who truly want to make life better for those around them.

Governor of Virginia inaugural address (2018)

My wife says, "inappropriate circumstances."

The news that my ancestors owned slaves disturbs and saddens me, but the topic of slavery has always bothered me. My family's complicated story is similar to Virginia's complex history. We're a progressive state, but we once had the largest number of slaves in the union.

Our history is complex in Virginia. It includes good things, and bad. But no other place on earth can claim it. This unique heritage endows us with a responsibility to shape the future— to leave this place better than we found it. That’s the Virginia way.

Governor of Virginia inaugural address (2018)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ralph Northam (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.