Sonny Perdue

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on.

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.