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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.
The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.
My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way.
Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.
I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.