Ben Quayle Quotes

You don't grow the economy by growing government.

Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.

The Latest Tea Party Piñata

People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'

Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.

The Republicans have lost their standards; they've lost their principles... Really, that's why the machine in the Republican Party is fighting against me... They have never really gone along with lower taxes and less government.

America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.

We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

The fundamental problem is that President Obama has grown government. He has grown the private sector jobs.

I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.

Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.

'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just to stand up and say that.

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

If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy.

If taxes and government spending are both slashed, then the salutary result will be to lower the parasitic burden of government taxes and spending upon the productive activities of the private sector.

In the Senate, I will work to shrink the size of our federal government to its core Constitutional role so the private sector can thrive.

Republicans want less taxes so we can create jobs; however, we cannot win by solely focusing on an economic message of lower taxes and smaller government.

The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of a sense that Washington is in need of dire fiscal reform.

I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government, creates jobs.

I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.

President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.