Wendy E. Long Quotes

The history of Hillary Clinton as a five-year senator is to promote Hillary Clinton and not the needs of New Yorkers.

We don't need unelected federal agency bureaucrats in Washington telling our states what they can and can't do with respect to protecting their limited taxpayer dollars in private enterprises.

I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

Ought not every man who pays a tax, to vote for the representative who is to levy and dispose of his money.

Much as I prize railroads, I am unwilling to see my constituents taxed to build them, except by their own representatives in the State Legislature, at such time, in such manner, and to such extent as they deem wise and prudent

The American people want more from government than they are willing to pay for in taxes.

Whenever Washington makes a one-size-fits-all decision, it doesn't work in states all around the country.

Whether it's federal highway funds for the Thruway or Tappan Zee bridge project or the corrupt Cornhusker deal, Senator Gillibrand is willing to sell out our hardworking families. She has failed to address the problem that taxpayers in New York send much more to Washington that we get back.

Washington Democrats see the IRS' overextended resources and automatically think the answer is to take and spend more of your tax dollars. I disagree.

I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end.

At the end of the day, I think the most conservative principle there is, is giving people a dollar worth of value for a dollar worth of tax paid.

My view is that we should not be taxing at the Federal level for the things that New Jersey can do for itself.

In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it.

The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?

In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats.

Patrick Henry railed against taxation without representation. He should see it with representation.

Any government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.

Voters are people with the God-given right to decide who will waste their money for them.

My biggest objection to raising taxes is that it feeds the government addiction to spending money.

People don’t want Washington to grow faster than their ability to pay for it.

Staff expands to fill the office space available.... The basic obligation of Congress is to the tax payers, not to its own creature comforts.

The American people are willing to invest their money (taxes) in things that work.

The budget is looked upon in the Congress as a way for a political party to promote itself.

We as taxpayers don't have a line item veto.