The problem is not that people are taxed too little the problem is that government spends too much.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference.

Government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the Earth.

Government's first duty is to protect the people not run their lives.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving subsidize it.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs once launched never disappear. Actually a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Man is not free unless government is limited.