Government Quote by Chrystia Freeland

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

— Penn Jillette

The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like…

— Bill O'Reilly

The Tea Party elites believe government is evil. Everything about government is bad, and they blame all problems, even non-economic problems, problems that were…

— Chuck Schumer

All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.

— P. J. O'Rourke

What is interesting is that, although it is framed as a war between the elites and Main Street, the Tea Party is actually really…

— Chrystia Freeland

Like all populist movements, the Tea Party will eventually peter out. It won't succeed in returning America to the minimalist state of the 19th…

— Andrew Neil

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses.…

— William J. Clinton

The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to…

— Rush Limbaugh

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

— Mark McKinnon

The Tea Party is not monolithic. There is a battle between people who care about liberty and the Constitution and the Republican Establishment who…

— Naomi Wolf

I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that…

— Marco Rubio

The Tea Party isn't out to be a third force in American politics. Instead, it has infiltrated the Republicans and remoulded them in its…

— Andrew Neil