I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.

I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation.

A handful of people who probably never even ran a small business actually think they can reinvent the health care system.

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

The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them.

Nothing keeps a company honest and efficient like the threat of other companies coming along and taking its business away.

Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams while taking responsibility for their actions.