“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”

“I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”

“I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.”

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.”

“Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

“I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.”