More Quotes by Grover Norquist

9 More quotes by Grover Norquist

Norquist’s political stance on “more” is distilled into nine brief observations, offering a succinct glimpse of his fiscal perspective.

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Compromise is moving in the right directlon more slowly than one might like.

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A 20-pound weight on the back of a small horse is more damaging than a 20-pound weight on a very big horse.

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Smaller government, more individual responsibility, more individual control creates more Republicans. More state power and ownership and control and top-down decision-making creates…

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Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure…

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Reforming Social Security to make it fully funded and independently held, that's compassionate because it allows people to control their own lives;…

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Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more…

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If you have to change the law to get more money, that's a tax increase, and Americans for Tax Reform supports all…

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We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want…

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As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses…

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When I became 21, I decided that nobody learned anything about politics after the age of 21.

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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…

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Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security issues. But…

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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…

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Could I ask if there’s anything in between Step One and Step Two? ‘Oh ye of little faith.’

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We will make it so that a Democrat cannot govern as a Democrat.

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Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure spending because…

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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…

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I was an anti-communist before I was political in other ways.

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Historically, opposition to immigration in the United States has been racially and religiously motivated in the ugliest, nastiest way possible.

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The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

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Not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase.

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People who say that there's a vote within the Republican Party that moves against immigrants is just factually not accurate.

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We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce…

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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…

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