Burden Quote by Frederic Bastiat

Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically…

— Leonard Read

A lot of people feel left out by a government that taxes too much and regulates them too heavily and seems to result in…

— Mike Lee

Sometimes we don't realize that the government is for the people by the people.

— Bushwick Bill

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.

— Benjamin Constant

Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.

— Tony Blair

Government spending is always a “tax” burden on the American people and is never equally or fairly distributed. The poor and low-middle income workers…

— Ron Paul

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

I believe in a progressive tax structure that fairly distributes the costs of government in a way that those of us fortunate to have…

— Brad Schneider

The taxes of government are heavy enough, but not so heavy as the taxes we lay upon ourselves.

— Orville Dewey

Government is just spending too much money.

— Bob Schaffer

We're spending money that we don't have to solve a problem that doesn't exist at the behest of people we didn't elect.

— Douglas Carswell

We must have government that spends less and does less.

— Tom Coburn