Small Government Quotes:

I'm a small government conservative.

- Tucker Carlson

source: Source: www.nbcnews.com

topic: Government, Conservative, Small Government

The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Religious, Men, Issues, Limited Government, Limiting Freedom

That government is best which governs least.

- Henry David Thoreau

topic: Freedom, Government, Historical, Limiting Freedom, Limiting Government

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Freedom, Government, Liberty, Liberty And Equality, Liberty Of Speech

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day, Social Revolution, Manure

If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.

- Ron Paul

topic: Running, Strong, Hard Work, Militant, Personal Liberty

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending

- William J. H. Boetcker

topic: Strong, Men, Helping, Help The Poor, Weak And Strong

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.

- Susan Olsen

topic: Believe, Government, People, Small Government

[We are] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

- Woodrow Wilson

source: Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.136, tredition

topic: Men, Nwo, Free Opinion, Duress, State Government

What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.

- Barack Obama

source: University of Michigan Commencement Speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2010.

topic: Government, Needs, Asking, Big Government, Small Government

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

- Gary Bauer

topic: Government, Ideas, Return, Largesse, Small Government

Mentioning Jesus in your speech: Small government. Doing what Jesus asked: Big government.

- Stephen Colbert

topic: Jesus, Government, Speech, Small Government

America's Christian conservative movement is confronted with this divide: small-government advocates who want to practice their faith independent of heavy-handed government versus big-government sympathizers who want to impose their version of 'righteousness' on others through the hammer of law.... Our movement must avoid the temptations of power and those who would twist the good intentions of Christian voters to support policies that undermine freedom and grow government.

- Dick Armey

source: "Christians and Big Government - Why faith requires freedom". FreedomWorks (freedomworks.org), October 12, 2006.

topic: Christian, Independent, Government, Small Government

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

- Mitt Romney

topic: Believe, Responsibility, Successful, Personal Responsibility, Small Government

Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.

- Bill Ayers

topic: Government, Years, Proposal, Small Government

Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human life.

- Jay Sekulow

topic: Government, Order, Death Penalty, Wasteful Spending, Small Government

Ted Cruz is a small-government conservative.

- Mara Liasson

topic: Government, Conservative, Cruz, Small Government

Look, this debate is basic: it's small government vs. big government. So how cowardly do folks like Blood and Frank Rich have to be that they can't man up and defend their love for collectivism? The only reason they scream race, is because that debate scares them. They know a racial accusation prevents dialogue, because such a harmful charge far outweighs any benefits of winning an argument.

- Greg Gutfeld

topic: Men, Winning, Blood, Big Government, Winning An Argument

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

- Penn Jillette

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Party, Government, Tea, Small Government, Tea Party

Isn't the whole idea behind the massive regulation and regimentation of American industry and society the notion that individuals should be forced to behave in ways defined by a small governmental elite?

- Thomas DiLorenzo

topic: Ideas, Regulation, Way, Regimentation, Small Government

As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.

- Lucy Powell

source: "Labour is back on the attack" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2008.

topic: Jobs, Government, Challenges, Tough Questions, Small Government

It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the books. Small government and the death penalty don't go together.

- Christy Clark

topic: Book, Government, Together, Small Government

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.

- John Howard

topic: Mean, Government, Mixtures, Small Government

Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are their best recruiters.

- Richard Brookhiser

topic: Mean, Government, Excess, Small Government

John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody's compensating for his small government.

- Stephen Colbert

topic: Thinking, Government, Huge, Gavel, Small Government

The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is corrupt, inefficient, militaristic, oppressive, repressive, but you don't want to move to Canada or France, what do you do? Well, the way is through secession, where you could stay home and be where you want to be.

- Kirkpatrick Sale

topic: Mistake, Moving, Home, Secession, Small Government

I'm a committed Republican. I believe very strongly in individual liberty. I tend not to think much in terms of group politics. I really am a kind of small government person and I'm most certainly a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense.

- Condoleezza Rice

topic: Strong, Believe, Thinking, Very Strong, Small Government

But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people.

- Stephen Harper

topic: Believe, Government, People, Small Government

Small government is beautiful

- Carla Howell

topic: Beautiful, Government, Libertarian, Small Government

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

- Allen West

topic: Government, Oasis, Years, Californians, Small Government

You can't believe how pro gay and pro freedom of speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left. And as for fiscal conservatism and small government, I'm so much further to the right than Glenn Beck. Nobody is further left and further right than me. As I'm fond of saying, if you want to find utopia, take a sharp right on money and a sharp left on sex and it's straight ahead.

- Penn Jillette

topic: Sex, Believe, Gay, Pro Gay, Small Government