Big Government Quotes - Page 5

• Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

  Rick Perry

  Winning, Government, Office

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• I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of power because of big government." Then some Democrats tend to respond by saying, "No, you're wrong, you're not out of power." It's a sense that doesn't resonate with people's lived experience.

  Zephyr Teachout

  Party, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• In fact, the private sector is improving their algorithmic ability to search through big data month after month after month. And, of course, a big government bureaucracy isn't keeping up.

  Carly Fiorina

  Government, Data, Months

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

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• People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were unfair to millions of people. But it didn't mean that we were going to become a big government liberal.

  Jeff Sessions

  Moving, Mean, Government

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The Republican establishment cringe at the very discussion of social issues. They are in favor of big government for the most part. They think campaigns on smaller government are losers and they worry that, if they succeed, there's going to be less of an opportunity for them to have jobs in government. They're basically people who don't think we have a spending problem and that that's great.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Opportunity, Thinking, Worry

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts those who are trying to make it.

  Marco Rubio

  Hurt, Government, Obamacare

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• Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Believe, Florida

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• The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from being harmful. With small, limited government, it doesn't much matter who controls it, because it can't do you much harm.

  Harry Browne

  Fighting, Government, Liberty

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• Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.

  Sherrod Brown

  Party, Government, Republican

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• Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

  Jesse Helms

  Government, Choices, Entitlement

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• Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and indeed that intervention has been welcomed by the captains of finance and industry. They had no quarrel with "big government" when it served their needs.

  Howard Zinn

  Atheist, Government, Historical

  "From empire to democracy" by Howard Zinn, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2008.

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• Our two-party system is a fraud, a sham, a delusion. On foreign policy, trade, immigration, Big Government, we have one-party government, one party press; and conservatives are being played for suckers.

  Pat Buchanan

  Party, Government, Two

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• Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

  Marco Rubio

  Independent, Government, Energy

  Marco Rubio's Conservative Political Action Conference speech, voices.washingtonpost.com. February 18, 2010.

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• Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires a self-reliant people. A free country requires people who value liberty more than money.

  Charley Reese

  Country, Government, Self

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• The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.

  William Greider

  Struggle, Government, Liberty

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• Big government helps the people who have made it. It doesn't help the people who are trying to make it; it crushes the people who are trying to make it.

  Marco Rubio

  Crush, Government, People

  "All Eyez on Him". Interview with Michael Hainey, www.gq.com. November 19, 2012.

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• The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

  Mike Pence

  Strong, Government, Uncharted Waters

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

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• Hello, my name is the republican party, and I have a problem. I am addicted to spending and the government - and a big government. I would like one of them just to stand up and say that.

  Glenn Beck

  Party, Government, Names

  Glenn Beck's Keynote Speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, www.c-span.org. February 20, 2010.

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• 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

  Government, Ideas, Return

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• A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.

  Robert Reich

  Powerful, Government, Class

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• If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society.

  Strom Thurmond

  Believe, Government, Growth

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• In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

  James Surowiecki

  Government, Europe, Bigs

  "Continental Drift". www.newyorker.com. March 30, 2009.

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• So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom.

  Scott Walker

  Simple, Government, Boss

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• Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.

  George Will

  Government, Distribution Of Wealth, Bigs

  "George Will: Obama’s tardy epiphany about government’s flaws" by George F. Will, www.washingtonpost.com. December 11, 2013.

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• Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate big government.

  George Monbiot

  Hate, Party, Government

  "This Tory bonfire of regulations lets the rich foul the poor with impunity" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2010.

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