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
Smaller government, more individual responsibility, more individual control creates more Republicans. More state power and ownership and control and top-down decision-making creates more Democrats. — 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
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
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
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
Could I ask if there’s anything in between Step One and Step Two? ‘Oh ye of little faith.’ — Grover Norquist Copy Share
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
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
Historically, opposition to immigration in the United States has been racially and religiously motivated in the ugliest, nastiest way possible. — Grover Norquist Copy Share
The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand. — Grover Norquist Copy Share
People who say that there's a vote within the Republican Party that moves against immigrants is just factually not accurate. — Grover Norquist Copy Share
We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce… — Grover Norquist Copy Share
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… — Grover Norquist Copy Share
