We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.

While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me.

Within minutes of the attack, your Department of Public Safety mobilized its Operations Center, headed by a national expert on weapons of mass destruction.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.

Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.

Government cannot be all things to all people.

I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer.

I often say that Arizonans should decide what's best for Arizona.

I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid.

In twenty years, the Lottery has raised over $1.4 billion. It has been run successfully and efficiently.

It is time to maximize and prioritize our health care dollars.

No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media.

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.

When completed, the budget must provide the services we have promised to our constituents.

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City.