We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power and it is from them that the constitutional charter under which the several branches of government hold their power is derived.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

A President needs political understanding to run the government but he may be elected without it.

While all other sciences have advanced that of government is at a standstill - little better understood little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

In our civilization and under our republican form of government intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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.

I spent my whole life in the private sector 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow we don't put Americans to work.