Citizens Quote by Thomas Jefferson

If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know…

— Thomas Jefferson

We may say with truth and meaning, that governments are more or less republican, as they have more or less of the element of…

— Thomas Jefferson

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to…

— Jesse Ventura

Smaller government, more individual responsibility, more individual control creates more Republicans. More state power and ownership and control and top-down decision-making creates more Democrats.

— Grover Norquist

Big government flourishes under Republicans.

— Ron Paul

Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty and property…

— George Washington

The less government, the better

— Drew Carey

There are fewer and fewer Republicans.

— Greg Dworkin

[...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the…

— Howard Zinn

The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult,…

— Mike Lofgren

I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government, and a strong national defense.

— Ann Coulter

The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

— John Stossel