“For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.”

My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.

I’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.

Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!

The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.

You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they’re tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.

We are borrowing $40,000 per second.

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell me that you’re taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, ‘Bring me home some bacon.’ The pig has been picked clean.

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.

I don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.

Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.

The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.

The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.

We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.

Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.

A robust economy is a source of national strength for Japan.

Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

I am an educationist. I’m an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?

The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.