“It was once said that the moral test of government is how that governm...” — Hubert H. Humphrey Quote

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

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

The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

I definitely think my ancestry has something to do with my politics. And I think being deeply suspicious of government and communists is implicit in a lot of first-generation immigrants, particularly from Eastern Europe. My mom came over from Romania when she was a kid and they fled the commies who took their family hemp farm.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.