I won't let our great state move backward, not when we can keep Alabama moving forward,

It makes no sense to have to haul ice from New Jersey to Alabama.

We have to learn from this, and we have to keep looking forward, not backward.

Take seriously the criticisms on yourself, then you move forward; ignore the criticisms on yourself, then you move backwards because in every criticism there is at the least some truth!

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.