I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s before we had any government. It worked rather well and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes bigger government and less trade with other nations.

On one of the most personal matters of our lives our health care President Obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. He forced through Obama-care and I will repeal it.

Our nation is too different too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

The answer for healthcare is market incentives not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

It's opportunity. It's opportunity not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms we will make our government simpler smaller and smarter.