“Americans take pride in self-government, providing for their own well being in a free society … promoters of government-run health care would make them passive subjects, dependent on handouts and far more concerned about security than liberty.”

“There are two incomparable understandings of America:
•One is based on the principles of progressivism, and would place more aspects of our lives under unelected “experts.”
•The other sees America as a society of free individuals under a Constitution that severely limits what the federal government can rightfully do.”

“This is a debate about ideology – should we abandon our free market economic model for a full-fledged European-style social welfare state.”

Paul Ryan in a speech at Hillsdale College
“Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College”