Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.

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

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.