The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

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.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

Everything that can be invented has already been invented.

You must value the business in order to value the stock.

If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you.

I would never have ever dreamed that I would get married again and then all of a sudden you meet somebody. That's the thing about life. It can be so unexpected.

Wagon is the bread-earning horse of the Railways. Load it adequately. Make it run and don't stable it.

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?

Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.