I don’t want to be a lonely governor.

Tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals [in Hollywood should]... go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else.... It's just too damn bad we didn't buy them a ticket [to become human shields in Iraq].

I want to know how these very people who are against war because of loss of life can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal rights, but they are not for the rights of the unborn.

Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities.

I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.

I don’t want to be a lonely governor.

I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future.