I want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP - gross national product - over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens.

We want [government] down to the size to where it would fit in a bathtub, and then it could worry about what we were up to.

Taxes are the killing fields of Democrats.

Could I ask if there’s anything in between Step One and Step Two? ‘Oh ye of little faith.’

Once the minority of House and Senate are comfortable in their minority status, they will have no problem socializing with the Republicans. Any farmer will tell you that certain animals run around and are unpleasant, but when they've been fixed, then they are happy and sedate. They are contented and cheerful. They don't go around peeing on the furniture and such.

We don't need someone who can think. We need someone with enough digits to hold a pen.

I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in them, all lobbying for more spending and higher levels of spending and more government commitments. And there are a handful - a handful of groups that fight for less spending.