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.
About Grover Norquist
Grover Glenn Norquistis an American political activist and tax reduction advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases. A Republican, he is the primary promoter of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a pledge signed by lawmakers who agree to oppose increases in marginal income tax rates for individuals and businesses, and net reductions or eliminations of deductions and credits without a matching reduced tax rate.
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Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don’t get to dress yourself anymore.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
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.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
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.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
Obsessions turn people off.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
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.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
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.
American conservative activist and lobbyist
The statists want to control the economy.
American conservative activist and lobbyist