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

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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

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...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

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 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...

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

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...

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...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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 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...