"We must work to make the future of these waters befitting of their historic past. And we must always be mindful of our role as stewards -- for generations of Michiganders yet to come, who deserve to know these waters as we have known them. To play in them as we have played. And to safeguard them, as we are doing today."

--Attorney General Mike Cox
Announcing brief in ballast water case
July 8, 2004