My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.
Grover NorquistWe want [government] down to the size to where it would fit in a bathtub, and then it could worry about what we were up to.
Grover NorquistEvery time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun.
Grover NorquistAll we have to do is replace Obama. ... We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don't need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget. ... We just need a president to sign this stuff. We don't need someone to think it up or design it. The leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the House and the Senate.
Grover Norquist