Grover Norquist

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

— Grover Norquist

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised. Obama and the Democrats have a fight with the…

— Grover Norquist

Immigration is America's No. 1 economic asset. The rest of the world can't do that. We can have every smart person we…

— Grover Norquist

Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room…

— Grover Norquist

The Republican Party and the conservative free market movement have been presidentially focused for too long.

— Grover Norquist

The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free.…

— Grover Norquist

It would be unwise for the modern Republican Party to come across as hostile to immigration. That has been the losing position…

— Grover Norquist

I read murder mysteries. I exercise 40 minutes a day. I watch videotapes while I exercise. I listen to audiotapes when I…

— Grover Norquist

There are several reasons to oppose tax increases. First, every dollar of tax increase is a dollar you didn't get in spending…

— Grover Norquist

Look, the center right coalition in American politics today is best understood as a coalition of groups and individuals that on the…

— Grover Norquist

People who are willing to stick to a strong pro-life position aren't going to be pushed off a strong anti-tax position. For…

— Grover Norquist

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

The RNC has made a concerted effort to work with their allies with a real focus on what we can do to…

— Grover Norquist

If you're so committed to liberty that you see the Soviet Union as a threat, you're a Republican. If you're kind of…

— Grover Norquist

We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country,…

— Grover Norquist

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical…

— Grover Norquist

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

— Grover Norquist

My goal in life is to get the federal government down to half its present size and under control, and then I…

— Grover Norquist

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you…

— Grover Norquist

Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on…

— Grover Norquist

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

I don't think Republicans will be fooled into taking this necessary spending and using it to oppose pro-growth tax cuts, using this…

— Grover Norquist

If you feel the government should leave you alone, you're a Republican. If you think the job of the government is to…

— Grover Norquist

The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.

— Grover Norquist

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

— Grover Norquist

It is wrong to divide the nation white against black, native born against immigrant or one religion against another. It is also…

— Grover Norquist

Spending an extra dollar on the D.C. public school system isn't spending an extra dollar on education. Spending an extra dollar with…

— Grover Norquist

I want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP [gross national product] over the next 25…

— Grover Norquist

One of the reasons some of the advocates of ever larger government and more government intrusiveness get nervous about discussions of the…

— Grover Norquist

Once the minority of House and Senate are comfortable in their minority status, they will have no problem socializing with the Republicans.…

— Grover Norquist

A lot of young people just starting out unskilled, as all Americans do when they're born here, come to this country, and…

— Grover Norquist

All we have to do is replace Obama. ... We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don't need a president to…

— Grover Norquist

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist…

— Grover Norquist

The welfare state creates its own victim/client constituency. By making individuals free and independent, we reduce the need for 'charity' to those…

— Grover Norquist

The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on…

— Grover Norquist

I know the activists I deal with, we sort of try and check each other to make sure that we haven't gone…

— Grover Norquist

Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do…

— Grover Norquist

Government should enforce rule of law. It should enforce contracts, it should protect people bodily from being attacked by criminals. And when…

— Grover Norquist

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

— Grover Norquist

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

— Grover Norquist