The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business protecting all in their legal pursuits granting exclusive privileges to none.

I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and yes I know how it can help from time- to-time.

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient more transparent and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration not degradation.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday when it will wind up in the Saturday papers which if you were readers then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

Society in every state is a blessing but government even in its best stage is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom limited government and minding our own business overseas.

That government is best which governs least.

Those who govern having much business on their hands do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom but forced by the occasion.

If liberty and equality as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.