We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.

The South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times.

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

I call it people-to-people politics and thats what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what were going to do.

Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins.

Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin!

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.

And I'm wondering where the lions are.

The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown.

Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease.

Technology is a many-headed monster and perhaps it would be better to regress to a safer past and avoid technological change; it is tempting to think like that.

You can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands.

People think, mistakenly, that etiquette means you have to suppress your differences. On the contray, etiquette is what enables you to deal with them; it gives you a set of rules.