For those who aspire to live in a high cost high tax big government place our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist big government paradise you long for.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly the true place for a just man is also a prison.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

To hear some men talk of the government you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation and kept the planets in their places.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

The instant formal government is abolished society begins to act. A general association takes place and common interest produces common security.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

Since you cannot do good to all you are to pay special attention to those who by the accidents of time or place or circumstances are brought into closer connection with you.