Accustomed Quote by Mike Lee

How do you hold down government spending?

— Milton Friedman

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.

— Johnny Van Zant

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty…

— Will Rogers

We [Federal Government] have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.

— Henry Morgenthau, Jr

The money that government spends is your money, not government's, and you know how to spend it better.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

We have to cut spending. We're - the thing is out of control.

— Tim Pawlenty

We must have government that spends less and does less.

— Tom Coburn

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

— Christine Lagarde

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power…

— John McCain

The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.

— Michael Enzi

We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to…

— Mitch Daniels

But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of…

— Allen West