If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

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.

It's the soul that's starving, not the body

Many small businesses would rather face an angry barbarian horde than tackle their cash flow statement or price a new product.

I feel like I am more deserving than last year. It definitely feels good just to be on the team.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.

The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

I will pause to consider this eternity from which the subsequent ones derive.

I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional.

Psychologically, it's better that I think that I'm dirt.

Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing.