I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the people of our state.

The work is challenging, interesting and an important part of our legal system.

Don’t let less-than-perfect circumstances keep you from trusting God.

Life is an experimental field.

Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters.

Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately.

Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty.

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.