The welfare state creates its own victim/client constituency. By making individuals free and independent, we reduce the need for 'charity' to those truly needy citizens what we can certainly afford to help through real charity. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more and more people are able to take care of themselves. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
When I became 21, I decided that nobody learned anything about politics after the age of 21. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
If you feel the government should leave you alone, you're a Republican. If you think the job of the government is to go push… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security issues. But… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Could I ask if there’s anything in between Step One and Step Two? ‘Oh ye of little faith.’ — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure spending because… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
I know the activists I deal with, we sort of try and check each other to make sure that we haven't gone native, that… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Historically, opposition to immigration in the United States has been racially and religiously motivated in the ugliest, nastiest way possible. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
