Charting Quote by Bob Barr

I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending and the…

— Kristi Noem

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

— Ken Cuccinelli

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of…

— Ari Fleischer

The Tea Party we were told is only about economics; not true. It was always about economics and social issues. They just hid the…

— Andrew Sullivan

The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out Democrats, but the Republicans are…

— Brad Thor

I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns about spending…

— Barack Obama

I think we have got to get the Republicans and the Democrats to get back to what I call the fiscal conservative, the issues…

— Michael Enzi

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

— Michele Bachmann

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

— Roy Blunt

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party.

— Grover Norquist

There are people who are genuinely upset in the Tea Party. I understand that. But that movement was funded with seed money from right-wing…

— Al Gore

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

— Tim Scott