Limited Government Quotes - Page 8

• What the Tea Parties are standing for is constitutional principle. It's not fundamentally about tax rates or whether to have a consumption tax or an income tax. It's about adherence to Constitution and the principle of limited government.

  Robert P. George

  Party, Government, Tea

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• The Democrats' agenda isn't working for women. Their vision has produced big government and limited opportunity. Our vision is for limited government and opportunity for all. Women deserve better than what President Obama has delivered.

  Reince Priebus

  Opportunity, Government, Vision

  "Will Obama Apologize to Women for His Failures?" by Reince Priebus, townhall.com. April 27, 2012.

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• You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

  Russell Pearce

  Government, People, Defense

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• I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today.

  Martha Raye

  Beautiful, Country, Father

  "Take It from the Big Mouth: The Life of Martha Raye" by Jane Maddern Pittrone, (p. 220), April 8, 1999.

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• Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.

  Reince Priebus

  Strong, Opportunity, Government

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• You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.

  Rick Santorum

  Reality, Government, Two

  Interview with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 8, 2011.

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• While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Government, Rights, Essentials

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• Everybody complains about pork, but members of Congress keep spending because voters do not throw them out of office for doing so. The rotten system in Congress will change only when the American people change their beliefs about the proper role of government in our society. Too many members of Congress believe they can solve all economic problems, cure all social ills, and bring about worldwide peace and prosperity simply by creating new federal programs. We must reject unlimited government and reassert the constitutional rule of law if we hope to halt the spending orgy.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Law, Creating

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• The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Government, Evil, Unlimited

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, Postscript: Why I Am Not a Conservative, 1960.

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• As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Party, Independent, Government

  Arthur C. Brooks (2011). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.121, Basic Books

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• Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This includes compulsory duties like military service and the numerous voluntary actions they must take if they are to preserve the principle of limited government through citizen self-reliance.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Military, America, Government

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• The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end.

  Richard Allen Epstein

  Government, Principles, Ends

  Richard Allen EPSTEIN, Richard Allen Epstein (2009). “Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain”, p.281, Harvard University Press

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• We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.

  Charles A. Murray

  Believe, Government, Humans

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• In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on.

  Joe Lhota

  New York, Government, Cities

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• I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

  Joe Lhota

  Government, Born, Streaks

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• I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

  John Stossel

  Government, Years, Prosperity

  FaceBook post by John Stossel from Apr 01, 2013

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• It's time to take Economics 101 to Washington. We believe in liberty, we believe in limited government, we believe in free enterprise, we believe in family values and the sanctity of human life, and we all believe Washington needs a good dose of Economics 101.

  Kurt Bills

  Believe, Government, Liberty

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• I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

  Mitch Daniels

  Children, Believe, Government

  "Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Is Tough On Budgets". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 28, 2011.

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• Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.

  William Kristol

  Government, Obamacare, America

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• Team Obama is exploiting the power of high government office to intimidate lawful, peaceful contributors who support limited-government causes.

  Michelle Malkin

  Team, Government, Office

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• The ultimate check against government tyranny is an informed electorate who will elect people who believe in limited government. I don't want to embrace the idea we want people to take to the streets with guns. I want people to go to the voting booth and check an out of control government by electing conservatives.

  Lindsey Graham

  Believe, Gun, Ideas

  "Sen. Graham on security of our nation's capital, 2016 plans; Sen. Sanders ready to challenge Hillary Clinton?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2015.

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• Those who proposed the Constitution knew, and those who ratified the Constitution also knew that this is...a limited government tied down to specified powers....It was never supposed or suspected that the old Congress could give away the money of the states to encourage agriculture or for any other purpose they pleased.

  James Madison

  Government, Agriculture, Giving

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• One thing is certain: those who worked and voted for less government, the very foot soldiers in the conservative revolution, have been deceived. Today, the ideal of limited government has been abandoned by the GOP, and real conservatives find their views no longer matter.

  Ron Paul

  Real, Government, Views

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• The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally sound as the Golden Rule. It is the way of willing exchange, of common consent, of self-responsibility, of open opportunity. It respects the right of each to the product of his labor. It limits the police force to keeping the peace. It is the way of the free market, private property, limited government. On its banner is emblazoned Individual Liberty.

  Leonard Read

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Government

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• Republicans, supposed defenders of limited government, actually are enablers of an unlimited presidency. Their belief in strict construction of the Constitution evaporates, and they become, in behavior if not in thought, adherents of the woolly idea of a 'living Constitution.' They endorse, by their passivity, the idea that new threats justify ignoring the Framers' text and logic about shared responsibility for war-making.

  George Will

  War, Responsibility, Government

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