Federal government Quote by James Q. Wilson

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

— Ronald Reagan

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

— Sarah Palin

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

— Darrell Issa

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal…

— Ronald Reagan

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

— Rand Paul

“No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Governments' programs once launched unfortunately never disappear...Get real.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost.

— Stacey Dash

We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.

— Grover Norquist

We should have a very limited federal government.

— Paul Broun

We need a new government that works.

— Kellyanne Conway

We actually do need a federal government, but we need a limited one.

— Ron Johnson

The federal government is enormous; it never shrinks. And the interest is killing us.

— Greg Gutfeld