We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.

A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years.

Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'

Government cannot provide values to persons who have none, or who have lost those they had. It cannot provide inner peace. It can provide outlets for moral energies, but it cannot create those energies.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.