No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions

We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.

We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.

One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it

So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity

Time is a double-edged sword: while it might heal all wounds

If you want to be educated and wise, you must open your heart, expand your mind, be accepting and ready to change.

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.

When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go and lie on a beach once a year.

It's a question we all ask ourselves. What have we done lately? It rattles us each birthday.

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

Finance is a slave's word.

Fighting for ourselves means manufacturing our own weapons of self-defense.

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.