Any money the government spends must be taxed, borrowed or conjured out of thin air by the Federal Reserve, and that will reduce sound private investment. Obama has no real wealth to inject into the economy. He can only move around existing money while inflation robs us of purchasing power. Meanwhile, private investors who might have produced a better engine, battery, computer, cancer treatment or other wealth-creating and life-enhancing innovations hold back for fear that big government will undermine productive efforts.

Companies don't get rich hurting their customers.

I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.

Madoff's scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare.

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

I was a closet stutterer.

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.