Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Government should enforce rule of law. It should enforce contracts, it should protect people bodily from being attacked by criminals. And when… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Home schoolers do not wish to force other parents to home school. Gun owners do not insist that others buy guns, or… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
People learn their politics at a young age and tend to stick with it. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Someday I hope Americans will not believe that anyone had to spend his or her days fighting for limited government because everyone… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to… — 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
