The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.