Gary Herbert

My priority will continue to be that we maintain the optimal balance to be able to invest in education and infrastructure while encouraging business growth.

That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.

I believe that our teachers need more freedom to be creative in the classroom in order to maximize the time students spend learning, not the time they spend taking tests.

When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.

Partisanship is not necessarily a bad thing. It leads to new leadership and new opportunities.

As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.

I believe in collaboration and cooperation.

Don't spend more than you take in. Control your debt. Empower the private sector. We have 50 states out there that are laboratories of democracy. Why are we not empowering the states to find solutions to our problems, particularly health care, as opposed to looking to a one-size-fits-all solution from Washington, D.C.? That puzzles even me.

I wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.

I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.

Making people's lives better is not a partisan issue.

My message to business leaders is clear: If you are looking to expand your business and boost the bottom line, there is no better place than Utah to do it.