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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.

Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.

Top 1 Percent progressivism emphasizes the idea of fairness - but it's nevertheless a politics of outrage, animated by at least a trace of envy. It's as if 'millionaires and billionaires' were the principal problem facing America today.

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness.