Big Government Quotes - Page 4

• Big-government liberals don't like people with a sense of independence because independent people don't need big government.

  Neal Boortz

  Independent, Government, People

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• Folks know that while I respect Barack Obama and do not cheap-shot the president, I am very skeptical of his big government, nanny-state philosophy.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Philosophy, Government, President

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• Next time someone says, 'Where has big government ever gotten us?' the correct answer is 'Mars.'

  Andy Borowitz

  Funny, Government, Comedian

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Aug 06, 2012

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• ObamaCare is not a 'trainwreck,' it is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees, to capitulate, so we agree under duress to accept big government.

  Wayne Allyn Root

  Suicide, Hurt, Obamacare

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• After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.

  Mitch McConnell

  Jobs, Government, Leader

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• Keep Hope alive, particularly if Hope is the name of a very cute puppy and not some ill-defined abstraction that is in fact code for big government.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Cute, Government, Names

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• I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Believe, Pursuit Of Happiness, Government

  Keynote Address to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 28 February 2009, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

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• People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.

  Glenn Beck

  Government, People, Regulation

  "Glenn Beck drops his name from Web network, promises media 'revolution'". Interview with Steve Krakauer, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2012.

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• I have an institutional fear of big government. I have an institutional opposition to bureaucracy.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Government, Bigs, Bureaucracy

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• Big government squashes the human spirit

  Dennis Prager

  Government, Squash, Spirit

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• Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions of dollars. We can hardly be surprised when countless special interests fight for the money. The only true solution to the campaign money problem is a return to a proper constitutional government that does not control the economy. Big government and big campaign money go hand-in-hand.

  Ron Paul

  Fighting, Government, Hands

  "Why Is There So Much Money in Politics?" by Ron Paul, February 4, 2002.

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• Freedom is messy. In free societies, people will fall through the cracks - drink too much, eat too much, buy unaffordable homes, fail to make prudent provision for health care, and much else. But the price of being relieved of all those tiresome choices by a benign paternal government is far too high. Big Government is the small option: it's the guarantee of smaller freedom, smaller homes, smaller cars, smaller opportunities, smaller lives.

  Mark Steyn

  Fall, Home, Opportunity

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• The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to anything, whether it's health care problems, education, whatever it is - it's got to be more government.

  Harry Browne

  Thinking, Ideas, Government

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• Free enterprise makes people prosperous, all people prosperous, and big government makes people poorer.

  Marco Rubio

  Government, People, Bigs

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• I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

  Scott Walker

  Government, Empowering, Boss

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• The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is 'citizen.' This is our republic. Let us keep it!

  William J. Clinton

  Government, People, Volunteer

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• Big government doesn't help the middle class, it buries it.

  Marco Rubio

  Government, Class, Helping

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• 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.

  Marco Rubio

  Hurt, Government, Guy

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

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Government, People

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• Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up!

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Tired, Government

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• The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the direction of the American economy is at complete variance with the reality of where the American economy is headed. I mean, it's like dinosaurs gathering to talk about the evolution of a new generation of mammals.

  Bruce Babbitt

  Mean, Reality, Government

  "Democrat Bruce Babbitt". Interview with Steven Pearlstein, www.inc.com. August 1, 1987.

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• For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

  Mike Pence

  Pregnancy, Government, Years

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

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• There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems – including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity – than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.

  Preston Manning

  Loss, Top Down, Government

  "Preston Manning on the state of the conservative movement" by Aaron Wherry, www.macleans.ca. March 9, 2013.

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• Jim Greenfield’s The Taxman Cometh will undoubtedly put a smile on the face of even the most dedicated big government freeloader. In the ‘Everyone Deserves a Trophy’ society we live in, it’s refreshing to know that Jim’s literary voice will cut through the politics, using the American spirit of a used car dealer.

  Lars Larson

  Cutting, Government, Voice

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• If it's not accepted that big government, fiat money, ignoring liberty, central economic planning, welfarism, and warfarism caused our crisis, we can expect a continuous and dangerous march toward corporatism and even fascism with even more loss of our liberties.

  Ron Paul

  Loss, Government, Liberty

  Farewell Address to the U.S. Congress, delivered 14 November 2012

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