The bigger the government, the less the citizens do for one another. If the state will take care of me and my neighbors, why should I? This is why Western Europeans, people who have lived in welfare states far longer than Americans have, give less to charity and volunteer less time to others than do Americans of the same socioeconomic status.

Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph (ed. Harper Collins, 2012) - ISBN: 9780062097811