The actual, long-term results of most big-government policies are opposite to the intended results.

I think our government officials are assuming that everyone one in New Orleans are idiots.

Most people decided that the government, including the Legislature ... should just stay out of the matter.

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

With the appointment of Inspector General Hoffman, anyone who tries to scam the government -- either on the job or through a contract -- will do so with fair warning: They will be caught and they will be punished,

This government can get things done when we put our minds to it. The real goal is that we institutionalize that in the police department.