I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.

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

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

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...

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

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...

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not...

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not...

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.

Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world,...

Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world,...

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...

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

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,...

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

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

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit...

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living...

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living...

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...

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.

There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.

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,...

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...