If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.
Fred ThompsonFor example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children
Fred ThompsonSometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.
Fred Thompson