And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job. Mitt Romney
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. H. L. Mencken
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily. Maynard James Keenan
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. Milton Friedman
All government, of course, is against liberty. H. L. Mencken
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. Mitt Romney
Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined. Mitt Romney
The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken
Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. Woodrow Wilson
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. Alexander Hamilton
Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him. Ron Paul
Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. Milton Friedman
The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market. Mitt Romney
You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector. Mitt Romney
By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter. Mitt Romney