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Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

When you put money directly to a problem, it makes a good headline. It makes a good campaign slogan. You get to claim that you've engaged in these activities within an election cycle. But certain investments take longer than an election cycle.

What people want is big government that they don't have to pay for.

Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.

We don't want the government to have anything we don't have, because government isn't 'We The People' anymore.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.

I think anybody who looks at my record will say I've been trying to cut government spending and make government live more like families do.