You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector. – Mitt Romney
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem. – Mitt Romney
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. Its time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is. – Mitt Romney
And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job. – Mitt Romney
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. – Abraham Lincoln