“The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but...” — Ronald Reagan Quote

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of repression.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.

Practical European socialists have embraced the idea that the government has a role in healthcare and in supporting strong transportation systems that do not depend entirely on individual motor vehicles. And it turns out we're all socialists now, and there are very few Americans who understand that.

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.