What lesser action can there be?

We’re hoping these people come back to work.

I believe that there are a great many of those people who have been swept up in this and probably have not really considered the result.

If you actually fire these people, won't it put your air traffic control system in a hole for years to come?

I must tell those who fail to report for duty this morning they are in violation of the law.

The strength of our Federal system is that it allows local communities to make decisions that best reflect their needs.

This truly was a bipartisan thing.

Our economic package, which consists of tax cuts, spending cuts, block grants, and regulatory relief, is a first phase in our effort to revitalize federalism.

The people of this country are saying that we've been on a road that they don't want to stay on.

Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.

The ultimate objective...is to use block grants...as a bridge, leading to the day when you'll have not only the responsibility for the programs that properly belong at the State level.

Together then, let us restore constitutional government.

We're leaving no one behind.

We have no intention of any of those cuts ever reflecting against or making it difficult for some person with real need.

It is not the Federal Government or the States who retain the power—the people retain the power.

I believe our campaign to give the government back to the people hit a nerve deeper and quicker than anyone first realized.

Don't you believe it.

There isn't anything that we cannot do if we set our minds to it.