A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.

More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.

Chief executives that are successful make good chief executives.

My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.

Governors should be defined not just by what they do and say, but who they surround themselves with.

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.