To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.