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I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There is no particular virtue in that. Democracy is not a gift. It is a responsibility.

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that Does not work. So when they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services, it is actually a false choice."

We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people.

But I do not want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.

The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.

When government disappears, it is not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Do not go along to get along do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

I think that if we get back to some basic fundamental principles, we can make sure that we resolve the issues. And I think that that is what the Tea Party was all about. It is getting back to a constitutional conservative government. And that is limited, but it is also effective and efficient. I think that that is what we'll be able to do.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews man-crush on Barack Obama.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

I am not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.

Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.

The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets.

Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.