We believe as our founders did that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government.

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well but that it has limits.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is is that when we succeed we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together.

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.