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1 " Legislating morality grows big government immensely, and helps fashion the noose the government will use to ultimately hang you by. "
― A.E. Samaan
2 " The Christian right, which trumpets the theme of family values, damns contemporary culture for undermining older traditions. Yet many individuals from this camp are not concerned first and foremost about family values per se. Family is a codeword for constraint; families and family values place constraints on individuals more effectively than any other institution, including government. The Christian right seeks a society in which all are constrained; they reject big government for failing at constraint, and for undermining those institutions, like the family, that have a chance at succeeding. "
― Tyler Cowen , In Praise of Commercial Culture
3 " We need to keep government small, but we also need to keep the influence of big business small, and we need to keep the power in the hands of the people, where it belongs. Big government and big business aren’t the only two alternatives. "
― , Afterlife
4 " Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for. "
― Elizabeth Warren
5 " According to an original reading of the Constitution and Declaration, the intrusiveness that is an inevitable part of big government is an offense against its people. "
6 " There is a lot of talk about " rigged games" as of late. Big government is the most insipid of all " rigged games" . There is no choice available to the public allowing it to avoid a big over-arching government. You can always chose not do business with a big corporation. Corporations that are distasteful can be avoided. A big, powerful, government bent on intrusion cannot be avoided. "
7 " I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed. "
8 " For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending. "
9 " Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. "
