The time has come to end social promotion in our schools.

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

That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.

I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.

Richard Shindell works impressive alchemy with the plainest, most primal American pop melodies.

I do not want to leave in [U.S.] ... I cannot make that clear enough to immigration authorities who may be listening to this interview. I don't want to leave, so please don't make me.

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.

Financial independence is about having more choices.

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!