If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home.

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.