The central issue of our time - of all times - is the size, power and scope of government. Grover Norquist centralgovernmentissue Change image and share on social
This always confuses liberals, that conservatives like the military and don't like the bureaucracy. That's because the military has their guns pointed out and the bureaucracy has them pointed in. Grover Norquist bureaucracyconfuseconservative Change image and share on social
If you let people own their land, they take care of it. That's why privately owned land is always taken care of, and the parks look like cesspools. Nobody takes care of what everybody owns. Grover Norquist carecesspoolland Change image and share on social
Someday I hope Americans will not believe that anyone had to spend his or her days fighting for limited government because everyone they know wants maximum freedom and minimum statism. Grover Norquist americandayfight Change image and share on social
We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them. Grover Norquist breakgrouphold share on social
There are several reasons to oppose tax increases. First, every dollar of tax increase is a dollar you didn't get in spending restraint. Two, if you walk into the Democrats' Andrews-Air-Force-Base, Lucy-with-the-Football trick for the third time in a row - they don't have have a saying for being fooled three times! Grover Norquist airandrewbase share on social
I read murder mysteries. I exercise 40 minutes a day. I watch videotapes while I exercise. I listen to audiotapes when I am in my car. And I try to stay in three different centuries. Grover Norquist audiotapecarcentury Change image and share on social
Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. Grover Norquist bathtubdrowngoal Change image and share on social
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 autonomycitizendepend share on social
We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't overspend and say, 'Oh, that's defense,' when perhaps it isn't. Grover Norquist callcarefuldefense share on social