I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.

I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.

This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of a compassionate welfare program to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. Far from it. But it is to say that our duty is to foster a strong, vibrant wealth-producing economy which operates in such a way that new additions to wealth accrue to those who presently have little or no ownership stake in their country.

You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American.

Bureaucracy is adept at protecting its nest.