The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.

A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.

The seeds of today's runaway government were planted when it was decided that government should help those who can't help themselves. From that modest, compassionate beginning to today's out-of-control mega-state, there's a straight, unbroken line. Once the door was open, once it was settled that the government should help some people at the expense of others, there was no stopping it.

The American heritage was one of individual liberty, personal responsibility and freedom from government ... Unfortunately ... that heritage has been lost. Americans no longer have the freedom to direct their own lives ... Today, it is the government that is free - free to do whatever it wants. There is no subject, no issue, no matter ... that is not subject to legislation.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.