State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different.

Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

Government cannot do everything, so we need to first decide what government ought to be doing, then figure out what it's capable of doing, and then follow the jobs we choose to completion.

I would like this to be a new day. I would hope now that we can focus on doing the people's business.