I want to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget - we're going to balance it.

In many ways, from cutting budget, reducing expenses, keeping down, for example, in every field that I know, we have tried to be on the conservative, middle-of-the-road side. But that has not apparently been publicized sufficiently.

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.

If a government is to be prudent its taxes must produce ample revenues without discouraging enterprise; and if it is to be just it must distribute the burden of taxes equitably.

We have pushed taxation of wealth to a point in Great Britain where in many cases the yield would be greater if the rate were less. The idea that prosperity can be wooed by chasing millionaires is one of the most common and most foolish of modern popular delusions.

It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.