The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

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.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

I think you'd change Alabama fundamentally if in six years someone said, 'If you want the best education in America, you've got to live in Alabama.' you'd change economic development, change the image of this state, you'd offer these kids an opportunity they otherwise would never have had.

One person can make a difference. In fact, its not only possible for one person to make a difference, its essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.