Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.
Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.
We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland.
I don't pay any attention to what the 'Baltimore Sun' editorial page says about anything.
I promised her an interesting life and good food, and the rest is history.
Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.
We can dig ourselves out of the ditch that the progressives and Obama-ites have driven us into.
Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.
I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.
The United States Supreme Court has voted 6-3 that voter photo ID is constitutional.
Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.
It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.
Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.
We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.
People believed what I said was what I believed.
I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.
My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future.
Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.
We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.
I'm a competitive person.
