The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.
BOB RILEYNothing 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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Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.
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One person can make a difference. In fact, its not only possible for one person to make a difference, its essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
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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?
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I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
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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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Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
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You elected government officials to make decisions and it’s about time they started making good ones
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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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Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama’s future than an investment in education.
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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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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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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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I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don’t waste anytime thinking about future elections until we’ve done our jobs here.
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When money follows results – we will get more results for our money
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The success of our economy shouldn’t determine the success of our schools
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