Paul Keating Quotes

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.

If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.

I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.

I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.

For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.

Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. We need to live within our means.

I think what they're looking for is for us to keep our promises and to do the simple things, like cutting spending and being responsible.

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable.

We can pass conservative policy that unites us.

I'm for a balanced budget now.

We need to pass conservative policy. And we can only advance our values when we are united.

Basically, I'm a fiscal conservative.

I'm a fiscal conservative. That's how I define myself.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.