Chuck Todd Quotes

I don't believe we need any more taxes. We need to curtail the size of government. That seems to be a common thread among a majority of Americans out there that understand that we have to limit the size and scope of our government.

It's businesses versus big government. We don't need big government. We need a more efficient, lean government, and that's exactly the kind of government we intend to deliver.

I don’t want to eliminate government. I just want to shrink it down to the size that you can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the tub.

Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

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.

Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.

I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to shrink the federal government, not to grow it.

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

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

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party in the United States and with many Democrats as well.

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!

'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.

I don’t want to kill the government. I just want to shrink it down to a small enough size that I can flush it down the toilet.

I will support vigorously whoever commits to reduce the size of government the most.

Republicans are listening and offering better solutions that get Washington out of your way, out of your pocket, and back on your side.

The media has brainwashed the electorate to expect the government to do something. The best economic policy of any government is to do nothing but reduce the size of the government, reduce the size of the laws, and reduce the size of regulations.

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate.

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.