Still one thing more, fellow citizens - a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels…

Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entanglin…

But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theocratic and vis…

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as g…

I think you will have to be very, very careful to have the regulations that will protect freedom.