Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.

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

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

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

No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.