James Douglas quotes:

Governor Kempthorne of Idaho, our chairman of the National Governors Association, is doing a great job bringing all of the nation's governors together to work as partners with the federal government.

It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.

Care shouldn't start in the emergency room.

I've made a commitment that state spending in Vermont won't grow any more than the rate of inflation plus population growth.

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.

We've got people, our friends and neighbors, who are losing their jobs, factories being closed. We have to get America moving again.

We've got people, our friends and neighbors, who are losing their jobs, factories being closed. We have to get America moving again."

I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.

I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree.