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As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.

We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools.

The job of the government - and my responsibility - is to help people live healthier lives. The framework is about giving local authorities the ability to focus on the most effective ways to improve the public's health and reduce health inequalities, long-term, from cradle to grave.

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

I think the United States and the secretary of State should be concerned about the poverty in this country - people without health insurance. The United States should stop being the empire and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people.

These things I believe: that government should butt out.

I believe we can incentivize more affordable health care in general by better regulating insurance and creating meaningful competition for health care services.