We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

I don't consider Americans bullies but I do consider the American government bullying.

We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it.

If you want the government off your back get your hands out of its pockets.

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

Two hundred years ago our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple yet noble idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.

Now I learned soon enough that among the three two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization.

In the book I define conservatism as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution respect for life less government and personal responsibility.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace security dignity and opportunity to progress.