I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.
I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make.
Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.
The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics.
Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?
I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.
I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.
I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.
I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.