When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix.

New York State is upside down and backwards high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.