Limited Regulation Quotes

It's very important to say that what I mean when I say 'liberal' is liberal in the 19th-century British sense. Pro-market, pro-individual, freedom, pro-openness. Not the American sense.

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.

The more reason, the less government.

I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in government, generally.

I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all.

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

I would consider myself a rather staunch libertarian.

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

Opposition to social change is but one pillar of contemporary Republicanism.

Koch Industries is an amazing business that has succeeded by building a product that customers love dearly. The folks who run Koch are very clear. They would love to have government just get out of the way and allow companies to compete, whether in their particular sectors or other sectors. They are true believers in small government.

The less government we have, the better—the fewer laws, and the less confided power.

The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.

Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.

I am more of a constitutionalist libertarian.

At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long - that ever bigger Government is the answer to every problem.

The thought about Republicans is, we're supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least.

Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

You can identify me as the freedom or the liberty candidate or the limited government candidate.

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.

At its core, conservatism is not an anti-government movement, and it's not a no-government movement.

I've started several small businesses myself and know that it is tough out there for the little guy in the global economy. I came to the conclusion that, oftentimes, the best thing the government can do for small business is to stay out of the way.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.