It is through states that the American people get the job done every day often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

Who can be against progress after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive progress is marked not be how free you are but how much government can 'do' for you.

Americans want government that is leaner more efficient and less intrusive into their personal lives.

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

When the good lord calls you home the government ought not come get your home.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

In Michigan a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet it continued down.

You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot therefore maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.