Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax.

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

My parents were both entrepreneurs.

Life is loneliness, broken only by the gods taunting us with friendship and the odd bonk

When you don't even get to try, you're like in a vacuum.

Joe Wambaugh's a friend. I know him only casually, but I like him a lot. I think he likes my books.

Of course I want to be [prime minister].

Experience is invaluable. I can't express enough how much experience in this sport has helped me as a driver.

The only thing is, the more I see him and Corr together, the more I think of how unbearable it would be for Sean to lose him. But we can't both win.

Every time I hit a shot, I feel like I am shaking hands with the flag stick.

America is not divided, our enemies they will be stopped. Cause we the people are united, and still one nation under God.

Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.