Rand Paul Quotes

I think you're going to see a number of Democrats that do want to see us grapple with spending.

Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.

It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this budget would rise by 4.3 percent over last year. Other discretionary spending would also rise.

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

Like Ike [President Eisenhower] did. Talk economy and then spend away.

The American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit.

The American people know that we cannot spend our way to prosperity.

Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.

As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.

I'd be a lot more excited about eliminating earmarks if we reduced all of the spending by whatever the earmarks used to be, but nobody's, apparently, going to talk about doing that.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

The mentality in Washington is, 'Look what our government - what our government can do for the American people.' We've got to get away from that mentality, and realize it's too expensive. We can't afford it.

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

I am a deficit hawk.

When Mr. Obama entered office, he said all the right things about getting Washington spending under control. He even promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Obviously, that didn't happen.

The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to propose one.

The best thing to hold down spending is to have a Democratic President and a Republican Congress.

If the rest of Washington ran as efficiently as this football team there wouldn't be any deficit.

Our system of keeping the federal government's books is a monument to the creativity of mankind ... We've cut government spending for 15 years in a row, and yet have spent more money in each of those years.

We must get rid of deficit spending which finances the political schemes of today by mortgaging the future of tomorrow.

Only in Washington do you hear a budget increase described as a cut.

Politicians have a natural inclination to spend in general, even as they disagree fiercely about what, specifically, to spend on.

I think Americans all across this country want more of those types of delaying tactics to slow down this runaway train of massive Federal spending.

We are the ones that are trying to get Washington spending under control so it can live within its means.

If Washington were a factory, it would manufacture spending.