Backlash Quote by Bob Barr

Big government squashes the human spirit

— Dennis Prager

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse.…

— Gary Bauer

It is getting harder and harder to support the government in the style to which it has become accustomed.

— Anonymous

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

The federal government is a machine designed to increase its control over the lives of average Americans. It is constantly probing here, pushing there,…

— Ed Crane

The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost.

— Stacey Dash

It's that government bureaucracies crush innovation. We are falling further and further behind in our government.

— Carly Fiorina

The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power.

— James Bovard

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

— John Fund

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

— James Bovard

The issue is we're losing leverage. Governments are increasingly getting more power and we are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and…

— Edward Snowden

Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government.

— Bruce Fein