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Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

And you can not have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can not be done.

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

And here is the fact: the fact is it Does not solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, Look, every penny you make next year the government's going to take it from you, it still Does not solve the debt.

I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I have never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can not wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job.

We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half of that to foreigners, most of that to Chinese investors. I do not - that is extreme. Not only is it extreme. It is insane and it is unsustainable.

And I can tell you that history will back up what I am about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time.

We can not continue to allow this over reliance on government to replace the cornerstone institution that has made the American experience possible.

Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs.

I pinch myself because of the understanding that I have been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.

We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.

And I do not think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there is another set of moral codes, but I do not think government has a role.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he is pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.