Quotes About Government

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream.

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both.

The thought about Republicans is, we're supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least.

What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.

I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't care about piling up debt.

You know, Republicans should have a consistent philosophy. And if your philosophy is about limited government and not intruding in people's lives, you shouldn't just inconveniently take a social issue like gay marriage and say, 'Well, unless we think - actually we should be intruding your life.'

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.

Republicans say they don't believe in government. Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends.

The main issue is huge government spending, and my record has been trying to make sure the federal government lives within its means. I guess that's really what separates where Republicans have been from the Democrats.

Republicans will own Congress.

I think it's important Republicans be in the majority so, like my Democratic counterparts, I give to the party.

I've got the most beautiful district. I can understand why Republicans want it.

You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys.

China is a government-oriented economy. No one can say he can run his business entirely without government connections. Anybody who says that he or she can do things alone... is a hypocrite.

In my plan, I call for breaking up ICE and returning its enforcement functions to the Department of Justice.

ICE does a lot of other things that people don't realize. They work on counterterrorism, cyber security.

Let me clear, I do not support abolishing ICE.

I will face the challenges of U.P. We will make U.P. an ideal state. People of the state and the Government of India are fully cooperating with me. U.P. will be an example for India.

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.

Both my parents were Democrats. My dad was definitely more of a fiscally conservative traditional Democrat. My mom was more of a feminist Camelot Democrat. They definitely had an idealistic view of life as it should be in the United States. And they had a sense that government had to have some hand in making people's lives better.

Look, ideally I'd like to have free money to give to everybody. The reality is in government you have to choose and make decisions.