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The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

The government has got to do something to help independent businesses.

We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country.

Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.

It's competition that forces companies to get out of their complacency.

The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.

While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work.

For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth.