Ohioans, I think, in large numbers, have felt that the government has not been on their side in all of these issues: on pensions, on the cost of prescription drugs, on the health-care system generally, on jobs, on trade agreements.
President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures. This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don't remember ever being hungry.
All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.
When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to move the country and the world toward a more peaceful future, not just through legislation but through inspiration.
I have dealt with politicians ever since I came into the government in 1971. I have seen many prime ministers, many finance ministers.
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.
The government, of course, will print money to bail out the banks' uncovered casino bets, but not to bail out the elderly from the theft of their funds.
We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.
Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.
It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.
Large government is inevitably inefficient, but so, too, is large private enterprise.
Private enterprise cannot rebuild the nation's infrastructure or keep our research institutions vibrant. Government must do what only it can do.
I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.
Government is inevitably going to play a very significant role in infrastructure, and in a country with a federal system where vibrancy and economic health depend on interstate commerce, it's not going to be private enterprise or state governments that will give you things like an interstate highway system.
