Carlos Lopez-Cantera Quotes

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.

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

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

You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive.

I'm a Conservative. I don't believe there should be too many rules. There should be lower taxes.

Don't get me wrong, I am a proud Republican, and I want to support my party. I am a firm believer in the Republican principles of smaller government, low taxes and economic freedom. I have spent my time in government service fighting for these principles.

The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.

I feel like my mandate when I was elected was to go reduce the size of government, lower taxes, and increase freedom, and freedom isn't free, and sometimes you have to make a small sacrifice to move forward with what you're after.

Outside of Washington, D.C., most Americans aren't concerned with doing things 'big.' They're looking for less government spending, lower taxes, and good jobs.

Fortunately, good policy, true principles, and effective leadership work whenever they are tried. When we reduce government, balance budgets, and keep taxes as low as possible, states respond in a positive way.

I've got the conservative ideas for putting our country back on track.

Mark Meadows will fight for what's right, because he understands that higher taxes and more regulations are not the way to solve our country's problems.

The most misreported and misunderstood thing about the tea party is its political leanings. The tea party has no political leaning. It stands straight for limited government, low taxes, and liberty for all.

The slogan of the moderate Republican Party is this: we are rich, and we are not going to take it any more.

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

I'm a conservative. I believe in the idea of freedom and liberty, but more importantly, look at my voting background. I voted against bailing out Wall Street. I voted against, never voted for, a tax increase.

I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.

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

Less government, less regulation, lower taxes.

More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.

Mitt Romney not only believes in the values of economic freedom. His entire life has been committed to advancing it.

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?

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.