Ed Rendell Quotes

Basically, I'm a fiscal conservative.

I am a deficit hawk.

I am a small-government conservative who clings tenaciously and old-fashionedly to the idea that one ought to have balanced budgets.

I'm a fiscal conservative. That's how I define myself.

I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.

In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

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

I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt.

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

Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!

As a fiscal conservative, I think that our government should pay for itself.

We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is.

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

As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order.

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.

We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.

After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.

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

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.

I've made a commitment that any tax increase, I'm going to veto. It's the worst thing we could do. We have an amount of money to spend. That's it.

It's much more powerful to say I'm working to reduce spending, deal with our nation's deficit, push back on the federal government, and give specifics for that rather than just say, 'I'm a conservative.'

I've been a conservative when it comes to budgeting issues and streamlining government.