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

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

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.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

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

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.