We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer.

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'

There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.

I refer to the debt - the new red menace. This time consisting of ink.

Anything that strengthens the private sector vs. the state is protective of personal freedom.

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.