Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. – Thomas B. Macaulay

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States. – George W. Bush

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. – P. J. ORourke