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title: "34 Government Big Quotes by 25 authors"
description: "Browse 34 Government Big quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Government Big sayings and thoughts."
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> [You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/you-can-t-be-for-big-government-big-taxes-and-big-bureaucracy-and-2/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“You can't be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for wealth creation”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziad-k-abdelnour/you-can-t-be-for-big-government-big-taxes-and-big-bureaucracy-and/)

[Ziad K. Abdelnour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziad-k-abdelnour/)

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> [A government should not become too big to fulfill one of its most basic functions: representation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zephyr-teachout/a-government-should-not-become-too-big-to-fulfill-one-of-its-most/)

[Zephyr Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zephyr-teachout/)

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> [Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-bowles/government-is-too-big-and-too-important-to-be-left-to-the-politicians/)

[Chester Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chester-bowles/)

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> [Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-bowles/government-is-too-big-and-important-to-be-left-to-the-politicians/)

[Chester Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chester-bowles/)

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> [“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/a-government-that-is-big-enough-to-give-you-all-you-want-is-big/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-question-we-ask-today-is-not-whether-our-government-is-too-big-or-2/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“The opposite of Big Government is not small government, but Big Liberty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/the-opposite-of-big-government-is-not-small-government-but-big-liberty/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

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> [Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/government-big-enough-to-supply-everything-you-need-is-big-enough-to/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-r-ford/a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want-is-a/)

[Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-r-ford/)

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> [Fascism is actually the work of the synergistic effort of big government and big corporations working together to stifle the people. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-russo/fascism-is-actually-the-work-of-the-synergistic-effort-of-big/)

[Aaron Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-russo/)

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> [Talk about threats to national security -- how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/talk-about-threats-to-national-security-how-about-government-so-big/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

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> [I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavel-durov/i-believe-in-small-governments-or-no-governments-i-think-the-majority/)

[Pavel Durov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pavel-durov/)

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> [Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/remember-that-a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America's problem is not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/once-we-roared-like-lions-for-liberty-now-we-bleat-like-sheep-for/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

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> [New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lynch/new-hampshire-state-government-is-a-big-customer-for-prescription/)

[John Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lynch/)

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> [During the socialist period, the government became too big. That created a crowding-out effect in the private economy, and it gave everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonis-samaras/during-the-socialist-period-the-government-became-too-big-that/)

[Antonis Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonis-samaras/)

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> [We need to keep government small, but we also need to keep the influence of big business small, and we need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-monroe/we-need-to-keep-government-small-but-we-also-need-to-keep-the/)

[Michael Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-monroe/)

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> [Big government is indeed big, and like another big creature, the sauropod dinosaur, government has a primitive nervous system: The fact of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/big-government-is-indeed-big-and-like-another-big-creature-the/)

[George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/)

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> [Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-naylor/through-an-unwieldy-combination-of-big-government-big-military-big/)

[Thomas Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-naylor/)

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> [Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/obama-promised-a-return-to-competence-and-confidence-and-asked-the/)

[Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/)

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> [You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zephyr-teachout/you-can-have-very-big-local-government-by-big-i-mean-very-engaged/)

[Zephyr Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zephyr-teachout/)

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> [“...small government gives you big freedoms--and Big Government leaves you with very little freedom. The opposite of Big Government is not small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/small-government-gives-you-big-freedoms-and-big-government-leaves-you/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

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> [Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/our-federal-government-which-was-intended-to-operate-as-a-very/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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> [I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-think-myself-that-we-have-more-machinery-of-government-than-is/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [When you're in government, you have a big impact in Washington, but Washington may not be doing very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/when-you-re-in-government-you-have-a-big-impact-in-washington-but/)

[Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/)

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> [The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-question-we-ask-today-is-not-whether-our-government-is-too-big-or/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“I’m for a big government. A big government contraction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-m-for-a-big-government-a-big-government-contraction/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stossel/government-is-so-big-today-that-more-than-half-the-population-gets-a/)

[John Stossel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stossel/)

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> [The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-anderson/the-incestuous-relationship-between-government-and-big-business/)

[Jack Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-anderson/)

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> [I believe the role of the government is too big. Society must be more decentralized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavel-durov/i-believe-the-role-of-the-government-is-too-big-society-must-be-more/)

[Pavel Durov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pavel-durov/)

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> [A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want-is-big-enough/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-daniels/in-fact-it-works-the-other-way-a-government-as-big-and-bossy-as-this/)

[Mitch Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-daniels/)

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> [I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/i-say-that-when-you-elect-a-president-you-want-a-man-to-manage-the/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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