The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.

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

Public education is an investment in our future.

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.

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

The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.

As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.