I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.

I write fiction""What’s fiction?""Fiction is an improvement on life.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

You have to rip your opponent's lungs out and then move on.

As the economy grows, so will the demand for energy.

The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact.

If you were drifting with a thousand other people, could you really still say you were lost?

Trying is not enough. We have to go out and set goals and measure definitive progress so that four years from now we are in a better position to add new voters to our base of support.

Isn't the best defense always a good attack?