I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

I care about the children of Detroit.

The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and 62.

I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start.

Nobody gets any guarantees.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s.