Quotes from Dan Webster

I've never, in my whole 30 years in office, run a negative ad.

I would like to give evidence we can lead. And I think the only way we can do that is to unify the diversity of the party.

We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.

We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.

There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.

I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.

Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality.

We passed a bill in 1997, signed by Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, which created a pilot program for a novel experiment called Florida Virtual School. The notion of children using a computer for a classroom and reporting to virtual teachers wasn't exactly mainstream thinking in those days.

During its first year of operation, Florida Virtual School had 77 students. The next year, it had 476 students; then 2,489 students the year after that.

The true value of having Florida Virtual School in this mix is that it creates a gold standard for all providers to meet if they hope to compete for Florida students. This program raises the bar for everybody, even the traditional public schools. And that benefits all our children.

I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.