The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of the disease. Grover Norquist Read Quote
There’s no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower… The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that taxes are too low. Grover Norquist Read Quote
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security issues. But military and civilian pay and retirement benefits are not state secrets. This has already been done in many state governments. Grover Norquist Read Quote
The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. Grover Norquist Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing. Grover Norquist Read Quote
The future of the Republican Party, all the different folks looking to lead the Republican Party at the national level in the future, recognize we should do immigration reform. Grover Norquist Read Quote
People who say that there’s a vote within the Republican Party that moves against immigrants is just factually not accurate. Grover Norquist Read Quote
If you feel the government should leave you alone, you’re a Republican. If you think the job of the government is to go push people around and take things for you, then you’re a Democrat. Grover Norquist Read Quote
Reforming Social Security to make it fully funded and independently held, that’s compassionate because it allows people to control their own lives; cutting taxes on families and all Americans to let people have more control over their lives. Grover Norquist Read Quote
