Small Government Quotes

Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. […] Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. […] The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.

Government is not the answer to the problem - it IS the problem.

In 1996, Bill Clinton declared the era of big government over in the State of the Union address.

Since 1981, when President Ronald Reagan took office promising to scale back the federal government, Republican leaders have promised to cut regulation and taxes, and to return power to individuals to arrange their lives as they see fit. But they have never entirely managed to eradicate the New Deal government.

That government is best which governs least.

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.

Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the world - turns out to be negotiable and reversible, depending on Donald Trump's whims and the furies of his base.

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

The era of big government is over.

Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.

But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion.

I am a Republican. But I am not running on the Republican platform. I'm running on my own platform. I stand for the Republicanism of Abraham Lincoln.

I'm a pro-growth, small-government conservative with a background in free enterprise.

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

Libertarians are my most intense enemies

Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.

That's why we don't give the government extra money as conservatives because government generally stinks at spending money. That's why!

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control.

By supporting Reagan, evangelicals were not supporting womanizing or divorce, but they were endorsing Reagan's policies.

I believe that we need to take government out of business, and then we need to take business and put business back into government because government has no place in our businesses

Senator Rand Paul is a Whacko Bird

The Republican Study Committee was started and has grown to be sure that we create and promote, advance and execute conservative policies for the betterment of hard-working American families.

I'm not a big government guy. I believe in private industries taking care of people. I think they do a better job.