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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.

I don't put labels on myself.

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

I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

The asbestos problem impacts everyone.

I expect my next job to be outside government.

Nobody gets any guarantees.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

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

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.

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

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

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

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.

I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.

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

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

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

Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work.

Sometimes it is better to begin the journey, to get under way, then it is to sit back and wait until such time that you're convinced that all conditions are perfect and that there'll be no surprises along the route.