“When the government does the job of a parent, that's socialism.”
“A good government does dirty jobs.”
“Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism."[Address to National Press Club in Washington DC, as quoted in Freedom and Union (April 1952)]”
“Or they'll talk about fear, which we used to call politics- job politics, social politics, government politics”
“Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.”
“That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts?”