We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.

As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.

Public education is an investment in our future.

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home.

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

You will always win if you make an effort, no matter how much. However, if you failed it means you were too lazy.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are.

There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.

I prefer to do things by myself, but I always bring in people who inspire me.

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

I'm a very feminine man. I like feminine things. I don't go to strip clubs. I don't drink beer. I don't play sports.

Tuck in your tail, little duck.