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

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.

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

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.

Authority in its very nature prevents the full awareness of oneself and therefore ultimately destroys freedom

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human beings are gods hidden from themselves.

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight.

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

Life experiences become acting experiences, which in turn become life experiences.

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.

If you don't need to quit drinking, you shouldn't quit drinking. I used to really love to drink, and especially living in London, it's just built for drinking.

Dream, diversify-and never miss an angle.