No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Real prosperity comes from everybody in the country working together in a growth mode. Real prosperity comes as a result of people's own initiative and efforts and so forth. Prosperity, if it comes from the government, is not prosperity. It's an existence or a subsistence or whatever, but it isn't prosperity.

The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now.

I have an institutional fear of big government. I have an institutional opposition to bureaucracy.