It's a free country. I wish it weren't.

Governor is the only office I've ever run for, and I did so in the first place because I felt that there was a contribution I could make right now in governing for the long term and by leading by values. I ran for a second term to finish the work we started. I'll finish this out and return to the private sector, which I enjoy and miss in some ways.

"Government" is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

Don't tell me words don't matter.