Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.
Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.
Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.
In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.
No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.
For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.
Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.
Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.
You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.
According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax.
Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.
If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?
No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side.
When money follows results - we will get more results for our money.
Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.
Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.
