That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

There are some things that you can always bet on. One is that when Congress comes up with a new program it never works right over the long haul. Another is, when Congress goes to fix the mess it has made the mess only gets worse.

I believe you can divide the people in to two basic groups, those who believe government is a necessary good and those who believe it is a necessary evil, those who want government to take care of them, those who want government to leave them alone.

There are many things in America worth conserving. But I am one of those conservatives who believes the most important of those things is liberty. Without liberty, without individual freedom, what is left to conserve isn't worth all that much.

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.

One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children.