Listen to This Voice: Selected Speeches of Governor Zell Miller

by Zell Miller

A governor makes many speeches. During his eight years, Zell Miller made over 1800 of them. This is a selection of several complete speeches and excerpts from many others. These words helped shape his administration and give an insight into the man and his talent for communication.
There are common threads woven all through these his all-encompassing reverence for education, his belief that personal responsibility comes with benefits, his love of the state's diverse environment, the importance he placed on job creation, his Marine-tough approach to crime, and his inbred frugality show up time and time again.

630 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Zell Bryan Miller is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. Elected as a Democrat, Miller served as Lieutenant Governor from 1975 to 1990, Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as United States Senator from 2000 to 2005.

Although a member of the Democratic Party, Miller backed Republican President George W. Bush over Democratic nominee John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and since 2003 has frequently criticized the Democratic Party, and has publicly supported several Republican candidates. In 2006, Miller did voice-overs (narrations) for Republican candidate commercials in Georgia state elections (George "Sonny" Perdue and Ralph Reed).

Miller did not seek re-election in 2004. After leaving the Senate he joined the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge, in the firm's national Government Affairs practice. Miller is also a frequent Fox News Channel contributor.