Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration not degradation.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday when it will wind up in the Saturday papers which if you were readers then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had and it doesn't cost the government a dime.