Mike Lee Quotes

• I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

  Mike Lee

  Needs, Done, Want

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• We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionall y limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.

  Mike Lee

  Philosophy, Believe, Thinking

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• The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. “Teaching to the middle” is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.

  Mike Lee

  Teaching, Offering, Lessons

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• When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.

  Mike Lee

  Doors, Going Out, Way

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• I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that.

  Mike Lee

  Thinking, Ceilings, Generations

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• My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

  Mike Lee

  Party, Kids, Views

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• The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

  Mike Lee

  Party, Differences, Tea

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• The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.

  Mike Lee

  War, Thinking, Practice

  "Tea Party Senator Mike Lee: We Need to Change the Way We Spend Money in Washington". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2011.

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• When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

  Mike Lee

  Country, Government, Levels

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• Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

  Mike Lee

  Government, Limited Government

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• The USA Freedom Act does not propose that we abandon any and all efforts to analyze telephone data, what we're talking about here is a program that currently contemplates the collection of all data just as a routine matter and the aggregation of all that data in one database. That causes concerns for a lot of people... There's a lot of potential for abuse.

  Mike Lee

  Freedom, Talking, Data

  "Everything you need to know about the Patriot Act debate". edition.cnn.com. May 23, 2015.

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• Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

  Mike Lee

  Police, Congress, Police Power

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• Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

  Mike Lee

  Differences, Way, Coming Out

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• I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.

  Mike Lee

  Thinking, Clauses, Bases

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• You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

  Mike Lee

  Taken, Government, Play

  "Republican Senator Wants Deeper Spending Cuts". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. February 08, 2011.

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• The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives.

  Mike Lee

  Conservative, Misguided, Candidates

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• NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibilities of food.

  Mike Lee

  Nyc, Inspire, Possibility

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• I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

  Mike Lee

  Who I Am, Deputies, Persons

  "Tea party's new role model: Mike Lee" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. July 05, 2011.

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• I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

  Mike Lee

  Thinking, Government, Doe

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• That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and there are different viewpoints out there. It doesn't mean just because we're members of one party or another, doesn't mean that we behave monolithically. It means that we will express our view points.

  Mike Lee

  Party, Mean, Views

  "Darrell Issa, Fred Upton Talk Oversight; Allen West, Mike Lee on Tea Party Conservatives". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. January 02, 2011.

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• The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

  Mike Lee

  Country, Party, Voice

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• It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

  Mike Lee

  Ceilings, Fiction, Debt

  "Republican Senator Wants Deeper Spending Cuts". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. February 08, 2011.

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• I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.

  Mike Lee

  War, Thinking, Soil

  "Sen. Mike Lee on Libya: 'If This Drags On There Will Be Calls for Withholding Funding'". Interview with David Weigel, www.slate.com. March 23, 2011.

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• You can never be too old or too young to be attracted to someone. I still remember my first crush back in grade school.

  Mike Lee

  Love, Crush, Sweet

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• Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions of applicants who seek to come here lawfully. Additionally, the framework carves out a special exception for agricultural workers that has little justification.

  Mike Lee

  America, Safety, Goal

  "On Senate Immigraton Proposal, Bipartisan Sponsors Claim Momentum For Uphill Battle" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2013.

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