Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch and say, 'See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.