"I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying." - George MichaelTweet
"I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator." - Rand PaulTweet
"It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract." - Alan ShepardTweet
"The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society." - Jonathan KozolTweet
"Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom." - John BoltonTweet
"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it." - ConfuciusTweet
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." - Thomas JeffersonTweet
"It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority." - John SununuTweet
"Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy." - Gary BauerTweet
"And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader." - Rafik HaririTweet