Approach Quote by Zephyr Teachout

"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others…

— Van Jones

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.

— Barack Obama

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse.…

— Gary Bauer

No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a beneficial way.…

— Charles Koch

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

— Rand Paul

It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.

— Geoff Mulgan

Big government makes small citizens.

— Mark Steyn

Governments should be smaller. In fact, governments and countries in general are less important than we think they are. They take credit for processes…

— Pavel Durov

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we…

— Scott Walker

That is one of the reasons why we have raised this matter about the need to focus quite sharply on the function of local…

— Thabo Mbeki

Our battle over the size of the state overlooks a problem that is just as important and that may be easier to muster the…

— Chrystia Freeland

I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother taking care…

— Pavel Durov