Big Government Quotes

110 quotes by 81 authors

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. It's… — Gary Bauer
We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was. — Glenn Beck
People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always… — Glenn Beck
'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just… — Glenn Beck
Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and… — Sherrod Brown
Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires… — Charley Reese
Vietnam should remind conservatives that whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason, sooner or later you wind up an apologist for… — Karl Hess
The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to… — Harry Browne
The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from… — Harry Browne
War is just one more big government program. — Joseph Sobran
The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it. — William Greider
The era of big government is over. — William J. Clinton
Our two-party system is a fraud, a sham, a delusion. On foreign policy, trade, immigration, Big Government, we have one-party government, one party press; and… — Pat Buchanan
Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and indeed that intervention… — Howard Zinn
The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many… — William J. Clinton
None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers ... If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from… — Barry Goldwater
The era of resisting big government is never over. — Paul Gigot
What is so bad about big government? My indictment of big government is that it is bad because it attacks liberty, prosperity, progress, harmony, and… — George Leef
Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation which defies central… — Thomas Naylor
No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a beneficial way. On… — Charles Koch

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