These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will.

Think about it: Every educated person is not rich, but almost every education person has a job and a way out of poverty. So education is a fundamental solution to poverty.

My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand.

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

Let me be clear - I want all Louisiana citizens to have choice - including the elderly and persons with disabilities - and their families - who rely on the state for their care.

When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers.

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

The challenges presented by our budget crisis are some of the most difficult we have ever faced. We are - very simply put -adjusting to reality. These times, and our citizens, demand change.

Writers leave a trail of magic everywhere they go.

God will never forsake you.

Keep a relentless eye on your goals! Perseverance, joyful dedication, and unwavering focus will get you there!

One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.

We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we've done it.

We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.

There's something vile (and all the more vile because ridiculous) in the tendency of feeble men to make universal tragedies out of the sad comedies of their private woes.

If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!

There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.

The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth.