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.

Public education is an investment in our future.

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.

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

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

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

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.