Top 19 Small Government Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Small Government Quotes from famous people such as Mike Pompeo, Charlie Sykes, Mitt Romney, James Lankford, Gary Bauer, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I eat and breathe small government and freedom.

I eat and breathe small government and freedom.
Mike Pompeo
I’m a conservative who likes small government and lower taxes.
Charlie Sykes
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
I’m not a ‘messiah’ coming to change Washington. I don’t come with a political background, so I think it’s part of my responsibility to raise my hand and say ‘Why?’ Folks don’t just want smaller government; they want an efficient small government.
James Lankford
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. It’s time to return to our Founders’ love for small government. More is not always better.
Gary Bauer
As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.
Lucy Powell
I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government, and a strong national defense.
Ann Coulter
In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism – which means small government, a great emphasis on markets – but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.
John Howard
It’s the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It’s the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan gobbling up more and more of their treasure and freedoms.
Kathleen Troia McFarland
I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.
Susan Olsen
It should surprise no one that I’m out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along with reasonable regulations and no more.
Mike Pompeo
If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit.
Tim Scott
If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty – not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.
Ron Paul
Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to represent the small government philosophy – limited spending, low taxes. Obviously, things have shifted.
Andrew Sullivan
Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America’s red states.
Allen West
I am totally a fringe candidate, and so is Bill Weld: you know, two Republican governors serving in heavily blue states, outspoken, small government guys, outspoken on the social liberal side. We’re fringe, totally. We’re fringe.
Gary Johnson
I am a strong believer in small government that doesn’t interfere in people’s lives.
Gladys Berejiklian
The school system has become a part of this huge government machine, governed by people who aren’t close to the situation. That’s why I’m a Republican. I believe in small government.
Stacey Dash
I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement.
Dick Armey