I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.

Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.

I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, the best legislator I can be. When I'm home, I'm home. I try to not do legislative stuff. That brings a balance to life.

I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.