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.
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Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.
Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
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Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.
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No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.
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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.
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Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.
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It's up to every citizen to say that this time in our history is important enough that we will let our voices be heard.
However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let's remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. The real credit for our economic renewal belongs to the people of Alabama .
When money follows results - we will get more results for our money.
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If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.
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The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.
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The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.
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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.
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Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
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