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Exploitation was rampant before statehood, and various factions actively tried to eradicate the roots of Hawaiian culture in the process of converting the natives to European religious beliefs. Some of the results can never be undone. We try to honor what is left.

I go to an all-Hawaiian school, and we learn everything about being Hawaiian. We have a really deep respect for the water and the land. We say, 'mauka to makai,' mountains to ocean. I believe if you take care of the ocean, the ocean will take care of you in return.

I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, 'Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control?' 'Well, we have no mechanism to do it,' I was told.

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.

I'm proud of being from Hawaii, and I'm proud of being Hawaiian, but I'm more than that, too.

Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.

I think it's really important as we position Hawaii as the policy leader in renewable energy.

I have reached the conclusion that Hawaii does not need LNG in our future.