Any move to reduce government spending is a positive for…

To protect people's lives and keep our children safe, we must implement public-works spending and do so proudly. If possible, I'd like to see…

— Shinzo Abe

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy, to avoid burdening the people, and arming the magistrate…

— Thomas Jefferson

Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.

— Anonymous

“All that was once looked on as a function of the government is today called in question. Things are arranged more easily and more…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it…

— Aimee Bender

Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster…

— Christopher Buckley

Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since…

— Walter E. Williams

State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about state dominance…

— Ian Bremmer

POTUS already got tax increases. Now he wants more tax increases to fund more bloated government spending. Not going to happen.

— Anonymous

Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it…

— Ludwig von Mises

Hillary Clinton: putting big government spending financed by the Chinese ahead of good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans. Is she guilty or not guilty?

— Chris Christie

The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea…

— Marco Rubio

Various economists and experts had suggested increasing government spending to fight COVID-19, to help the poor survive. On the other hand, businesses were helped…

— Anurag Thakur

I think the government lost control over fiscal policy in UPA-2. But it is possible to suggest that the momentum of the populism of…

— Sanjaya Baru

Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers.

— Van Jones