Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

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

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

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

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.