Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.
The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.
Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.
If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability _ economic, political and social.
There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.
I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.
Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government.
Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.
So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
