Our preference would have been that a government mandate of this nature be proposed and debated in the open so that all implications could be considered.

We're not growing our reserves in proportion to our company. That's what drives (rate increases).

Members have greater responsibility for handling their health-care needs, so anything we can do to make that process more efficient is a plus.

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.