John Rowland Quotations

My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe.

My goal is to get through the next 48 hours with as little damage as possible and certainly keeping our community safe,

If indeed this is a positive report ... I'm shocked because I'm trying to figure out how it could have occurred. And that alarms me,

If children are reading well by the 3rd or 4th grade then everything else works.

We're obviously focusing on the mail because that has been the cause of other anthrax scares in the past,

It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.

We're really not any closer to solving the mystery, ... I would liken it to the 61-year-old woman in New York who contracted anthrax and died, and it's been a dead end.

We were told it was the storm of the century, ... I'd sure rather be sitting here with a couple of angry truckers than a couple of deaths.

The good news is as we continue to do tests in the postal facilities and at Mrs. Lundgren's home, we're finding that there's no trace of anthrax,

Competition among schools is always a great motivator.

As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks.

It's our hope that we'll be able to evaluate the northbound lane and determine whether that's going to be safe enough to maintain or if that has to come down too,

I'm excited about seeing a bipartisan plan to reform education in the United States. The only other option is to protect the status quo and I really don't think anybody wants to do that.

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

I may not understand it or accept it, but the world is changing.

If you feel your school is failing you, the question is why. Is it a lack of parental involvement, large classes, school violence, poor learning environment? Are there any standards to determine where problems are? Are there tutoring or mentoring programs? If the school is still failing after 3 years then what are your options?

I plan on being a friend, a good leader and a good governor over these next three years.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

And I say that's good news because I was worried about postal employees from two different facilities and we have no one else with any symptoms. The bad news is of course that the mystery continues.

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.