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

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 fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

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

Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.

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