I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.

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Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry;...

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry;...

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money,...

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money,...

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it...

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it...

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights...

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights...

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit...

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit...

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go...

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go...

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit...

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit...

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for...

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for...

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is...

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is...

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of...

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of...

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem,...

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem,...

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for...

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for...