Integrity is the value we set on ourselves.
Chief executives that are successful make good chief executives.
The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.
I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.
I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.
There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.
Revealing the truth is like lighting a match, it can bring light or it can set your world on fire.
For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.
Between the redwoods, growing up and enjoying nature, camping on almost every vacation, and getting to go to summer camp in the Adirondacks, it was really very apparent to me that we had to preserve what we had on the earth.
You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people.