Government Spending Quotes

66 Government Spending quotes by 53 unique authors

After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop… — Michele Bachmann
Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives. — Tony Campolo
American taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill for the overwhelming costs of amnesty. Under current law, once 11 million illegal immigrants receive probationary… — Lamar S. Smith
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since government… — Walter E. Williams
We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an… — Calvin Coolidge
I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of… — Calvin Coolidge
I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the… — James Madison
Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the… — Thomas Jefferson
It is denied that any limit can be set to governmental activity. — Charles Edward Merriam
[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away… — Benjamin Franklin
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks. — Ronald Reagan
It's like Tiger Woods' wife, we should take a nine iron to the back windshield of big government spending and smash it out. — Tim Pawlenty
Cutting government spending and government intrusion in the economy will almost surely involve immediate gain for the many, short-term pain for the few, and long-term… — Milton Friedman
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear… — Chris Hedges
We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending. I… — James Callaghan
Credit expansion is the governments' foremost tool in their struggle against the market economy. In their hands it is the magic wand designed to conjure… — Ludwig von Mises
Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses… — Bill Shuster
To win in November, Republican candidates must show they are in touch with voter concerns about growth, jobs, paychecks, government spending and debt. The only… — Karl Rove
Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required (think stimulus) by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public,… — Ludwig von Mises
It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised and hidden form… — Milton Friedman
Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather… — Mark Zandi
When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back. — Mike Lee
MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any… — Bob Barr
Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine. — Johnny Isakson
John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast to… — Steve Schmidt

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