Either we start cutting the government and shrinking the size of government, or else we're going to face the political wrath of the American people.
American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our lives. That's socialism.
I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government.
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?
Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.
Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?
Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy.
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.
Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.
So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it.
In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact.
There's huge opportunities to continue to improve efficiency in the way the government operates and improve the way government provides services to its citizens.
We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.
First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.
I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.
I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.
Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.
I've always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.
