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The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.


I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.


I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.


I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.


I'm a compassionate conservative.


I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start.


Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.


Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.


Nobody gets any guarantees.


The asbestos problem impacts everyone.


I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.


The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62.


We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.


We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.


All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.


As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s.


The greatest luck that I've had has been the ability to find men and women who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of.


The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.


While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed.


Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products.