Every wise just and mild government by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure will always abound most in people as well as in commodities and riches.

I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation not even the most belligerent.

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked like Brett Favre it just keeps coming back.

We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship upward mobility and individual responsibility.

In the inner city there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save invest innovate and work.