The best social program is a productive job for anyone who's willing to work.

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm.

The time has come to match outgo to income, instead of always doing it the other way around.

I've always believed that this blessed land was set apart in a special way, that some divine plan placed this great continent here between the oceans to be found by people from every corner of the Earth who had a special love for freedom and the courage to uproot themselves, leave homeland and friends, to come to a strange land. And coming here they created something new in all the history of mankind-a land where man is not beholden to government, government is beholden to man.

Our loyalty lies with little taxpayers, not big spenders. What our critics really believe is that those in Washington know better how to spend your money than you, the people, do. But we're not going to let them do it, period.

We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients.