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

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.

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

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

Creativity is applied Imagination

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control.

If you don't love your fellow man, women, person, then you don't have anything. If you don't treat your neighbor as you would want to be treated that to me is the fundamental message.

It's important to keep life simple, and if I'm traveling, I only can do a couple of things, and those are the things that I'm meant to be doing.

There is no partial sensitivity; either it is the state of one's whole being, total consciousness or it is not there at all

There is no such thing as collective guilt.

I feel better when I am not around people. When I am alone, alone, alone.

Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature.