Education Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state. - John Hoeven
African Today World From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today. - John Hoeven
Education It's a combination of targeting higher paying jobs in these growth areas and fostering closer cooperation with higher education; a rising tide that lifts all boats. - John Hoeven
Business People If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future. - John Hoeven
Power Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota. - John Hoeven
Faith Will We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future. - John Hoeven
The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created. - Ellen Tauscher
According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third. - Kit Bond
Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth. - Dennis Weaver
The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all. - T. S. Eliot