I don't have to muzzle myself when I'm a civilian. When you're a governor, you kind of have to do it, because you represent the whole state. You have to leave your personal opinions to yourself a lot. I learned that.

A war is justified if you're willing to send your son. If you're not willing to send your son, how do you send someone else's?

You can't legislate against stupidity, but we try to do it all the time.

Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.

Love is bigger than government.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

If the government mandates anything with a price tag on it, then it ought to fund the project.