A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

Down through the years, I turned to the Bible and found in it all that I needed

A blind man sees with his cane, like all the rest of us.

I will know how to hold you just by the look in your eye, I will never forget - not even on the day that I die. This is a promise of my passion for you, smile at me and make it true.

There's a difference between an outburst of spontaneous anger, which doesn't have a political objective, and a more measured response that we saw in the Occupy Wall Street movement.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life.

Where are your combing seas, your blue water, your rollers, your breakers, your whales, or your waterspouts, and your endless motion, in this bit of a forest, child?

Of all the groups that sometimes claim to own your life, family is the hardest to defend your individual sovereignty from.

I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good.

My family's really close.

Lucky is where skill meets persistence.