I Can't Help But Believe That In

There Are Those, Of Course, Who Claim We Must Give Up Freedom In Exchange For Economic Progress. Well, Pardon Me, But Anyone Trying To Sell You That Line Is No Better Than A Three-card-trick Man. One Thing Becoming More Clear Every Day Is That Freedom And Progress Go Hand In Hand. Throughout The Developing World, People Are Rejecting Socialism Because They See That It Doesn't Empower People, It Impoverishes Them.

Government Is Never More Dangerous Than When Our Desire To Have It Help Us Blinds Us To Its Great Power To Harm Us.

Government Is Not A Solution To Our Problem, Government Is The Problem. ... Government Does Not Solve Problems; It Subsidizes Them. Government's View Of The Economy Could Be Summed Up In A Few Short Phrases: If It Moves, Tax It. If It Keeps Moving, Regulate It. If It Stops Moving, Subsidize It. ... The Problem Is Not That People Are Taxed Too Little, The Problem Is That Government Spends Too Much.

I Think There Are Some Things ... That May Even Be Distorted In The Practice, Such As Some Affirmative Action Programs Becoming Quota Systems. And I'm Old Enough To Remember When Quotas Existed In The United States For The Purpose Of Discrimination, And I Don't Want To See That Happen Again.

But There Are Advantages To Being Elected President. The Day After I Was Elected, I Had My High School Grades Classified Top Secret.