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I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in government, generally.

I believe in decentralized democracy.

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 happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

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.

I am a believer in smaller government, limited government, less regulation, less taxes, because I think to have more of those things, we suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit of this nation.

I believe in limited government. I know what the welfare state has done to the black community.

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 in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it starts getting itself weighed down with the social programs. And I think the American public just feels like a lot of that money is tossed aside and wasted.