"When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us."

"You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth."

"Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption."

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."

"Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers."

"The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly."