[T]he burden of government is not measured by how much it taxes, but by how much it spends.
If taxes and government spending are both slashed, then the salutary result will be to lower the parasitic burden of government taxes and spending upon the productive activities of the private sector.
President Trump has challenged Congress to reduce the burden on the American worker and to build an economy that rewards honest work. Congress should accept that challenge and craft a bipartisan plan that makes real reductions in what government demands from our wallets.
I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
Government becomes a burden only when it functions on behalf of the poor.
Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
Government jobs are not an addition to the country's payroll; they are an increase in the nation's payload.
