When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know its got legs.

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.

Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.

If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we open our hearts and allow the night winds to bring renewed visions of great deeds.

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.

Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care.

Goals reveal your path to success, greatness and significance. Become a master goal setter and you will chart the course of your life.

Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important.

Values are the definition of our actions in life

We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact "right" on people. It has to come from the inside. And that's where the church should be working.

Don't take shortcuts; if I want to be true to my beliefs, then shortcuts do not exist.

A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.

The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all the people in the room.

Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.

s past history and stand alone.

Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom!