To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.