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"Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"
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"It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office."

"In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong."

"My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep."

"It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free."

"I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today."

"Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government."

"I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs."

"I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well."
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