Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal.

I have to reinvent myself.

The nights were mainly made for saying things you can't say tomorrow day.

That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure.

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

I think social media has taken over for our generation. It's a big part of our lives, and it's kind of sad.

What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue.

Echo of your thoughts has greater impact on the world than your actions.

That was the overwhelming thing to me, the joy of carrying my portable typewriter to an event and trying to describe it.

It is people like me who are isolated.