My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

You could see him sinking smaller and smaller as the sentencing got closer and closer.

Smaller government, more individual responsibility, more individual control creates more Republicans. More state power and ownership and control and top-down decision-making creates more Democrats.

The government said Gates personifies everything wrong with the company, ... I infer from that if Gates has a smaller role in the company and Ballmer has a bigger role, that is a somewhat more suitable environment for achieving an agreement.

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.

After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.