940 private quotes tagged government

“We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.” — Mitt Romney

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“Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.” — Mitt Romney

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“Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.” — Mitt Romney

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“This is the America that I love. This is a great people. We can do anything. We can achieve anything. We've got a government that has gotten in the way of the American people. We're going to change that in November.” — Mitt Romney

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“The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market.” — Mitt Romney

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“The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.” — Sandra Day O'Connor

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“I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.” — Jesse Ventura

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“We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.” — Paul Ryan

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“Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.” — Rick Perry

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“We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.” — Rick Perry

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“It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.” — Rick Perry

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“President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.” — Rick Perry

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“Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.” — Rick Perry

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“Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.” — Rick Perry

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“When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.” — Rick Perry

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“In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.” — Rick Perry

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“America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.” — Rick Perry

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“Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.” — Rick Perry

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“Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs.” — Marco Rubio

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“Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up!” — Rick Perry

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“In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.” — Rick Perry

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“Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.” — Mitt Romney

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“You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.” — Mitt Romney

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“I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.” — Mitt Romney

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“I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work.” — Mitt Romney

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