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Grover Norquist
American
Politician
About the author
Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Government
#Goal
We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Want
#People
#Years
#Government
The statists want to control the economy.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Want
#Control
#Economy
My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Years
#Government
#Goal
Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Time
#Tax
#Welfare
#Interest
#Taxes
Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don't get to dress yourself anymore.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Being
#Dress
Obsessions turn people off.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#People
#Obsessions
Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room at once, take them out of the room one at a time.
Grover Norquist,
American
Politician
#Time
#Practice
#Politics