There's an inverse relationship between the size and scope of government and the health of our free-market economy.

Our tax policies, the tax relief and reform we passed in 2003 and 2005, helped get government out of the way of America's entrepreneurs, and our unemployment rate is now lower than it was in the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s.

People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government than what they thought they needed.

We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.

We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.