If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future.

Nowadays, business is all about productivity - and our folks produce.

Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail.

Businesses must invest in products and people in order to create new wealth.

It's a combination of targeting higher paying jobs in these growth areas and fostering closer cooperation with higher education; a rising tide that lifts all boats.

Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.

Democrats with a good understanding of the need for strong energy policy in our country, especially in these difficult economic times, recognized the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota.

Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state.

The fact is, America needs energy and new energy infrastructure, and the Keystone XL pipeline will help us achieve that with good stewardship.

We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future.

You are so beautiful and bright. I can only see you in my dreams. When I open my eyes, you vanish into the sky.

Change is the parent of progress.

There is actually a fair amount of money being put behind science today.

Armies for the preservation of peace do not exist; they exist only for the triumphant exertion of war.

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.

Prayer doesn’t work in the way that you think. If you pray for good health and it is genuine, you might be coming into sickness. The essence of good health has to do with a most delicate well-being.

Other things are just food. But chocolate's chocolate.

I question the premise that digital is necessarily the enemy of traditional media. In many ways, it presents us with enormous opportunities.