The federal government is far larger than the Founding…

The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.

— Julie Bishop

A government decision that slashes spending at the wrong time and sends a weak economy into a tailspin can be just as undisciplined as…

— Peter Blair Henry

I'm not going to stop beating up on the Democrats for wasteful spending.

— Nikki Haley

I went through all my electric bills, the water bills, the phone bills, elevator contracts, and I found enough wasteful spending without reducing any…

— Thomas Massie

It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is…

— Laura Miller

The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.

— Michele Bachmann

“Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against…

— Adam Smith

The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity.

— Edward Albee

There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far…

— James Bovard

As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press as possible.

— Kat Timpf

“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas. Wait—Texas? Wasn't…

— Paul Krugman

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

— Herbert Hoover

If politicians want to save money, that's fine. They can look for all the wasteful spending they want, but not where the lives of…

— Homer Hickam

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

— Jay Sekulow

It is past time to hold Washington accountable for runaway, wasteful spending that is fueling inflation and endangering our nation's future.

— Katie Britt