Mike Huckabee Quotes

It is no part of my job as Chancellor of the Exchequer to put before the House of Commons proposals for the expenditure of public money. The function of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as I understand it, is to resist all demands for expenditure made by his colleagues and, when he can no longer resist, to limit the concession to the barest point of acceptance.

My belief has always been that national defense is the most important thing we do, but we shouldn't borrow to pay for it.

I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

Government is just spending too much money.

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on.

My background in financial services and my experience as a state representative have given me the ability to identify our country's fiscal problems and find steps to remedy them.

Under no circumstances will I allow expenditures upon works not clearly national.

Back home in Maine people tend to think that there should be a balance between money coming in and money going out in their own lives, in their businesses and the Federal government.

Politicians have a natural inclination to spend in general, even as they disagree fiercely about what, specifically, to spend on.

Ajax was spending too much money; they were buying players that were too expensive. If you get 100 per cent, you can't spend 120 per cent. It's quite easy.

We are the ones that are trying to get Washington spending under control so it can live within its means.

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

When I took office in 2011, I made a commitment that the Office of Attorney General would find ways to do more while spending fewer taxpayer dollars.

Who's going to do a better job of spending your money? You or the government?

When we cannot find enough extra money for policing, yet we are having huge sums to other countries in aid, it is time to start a serious conversation.

You know government needs a haircut. If we keep their spending down, that's more money in your pocket.

It's no accident that Montana is the most fiscally prudent state in the nation.

Every government has a fixed budget and demands of all sectors have to be fulfilled in that amount.

I'm very conscious that I have to, as Premier of this state, make sure we spend taxpayers' money wisely.

I do not add a penny to the national debt.

We've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.

I believe, as a matter of principle, that the debt is a problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. I also know that fundamental changes are necessary in the way Washington spends and taxes if we truly want a healthy economy.

I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending.

Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.