The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

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.

However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let's remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. The real credit for our economic renewal belongs to the people of Alabama .

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

Either the Government must have the capacity to educate and reform the people or the people must have the capacity to educate the Government.