My goal in life is to get the federal government down to half its present size and under control, and then I can write murder mysteries. Grover Norquist controlfederalgoal Change image and share on social
People learn their politics at a young age and tend to stick with it. Grover Norquist agelearnpeople Change image and share on social
Tax reductions are usually simpler and less distortive. I'm certainly willing to look at getting rid of tax deductions/credits, and go to dramatically reduced rates. Grover Norquist creditdeductiondistortive Change image and share on social
I was a math guy as a kid. I was really good at math. I wasn't particularly interested in it. Grover Norquist goodguyinterest Change image and share on social
The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and others who want to restructure society with tax dollars and government fiat. Grover Norquist bigcitycoercive share on social
Compromise is moving in the right directlon more slowly than one might like. Grover Norquist compromisedirectlonmove Change image and share on social
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens of trillions of unfunded liabilities can never be funded by tax increases, that can only be fixed by reducing spending. Grover Norquist economicfixfund share on social
I think it's very important to always make sure that you're talking to the entire coalition and to as many Americans as possible; not to go chasing after one little group or another. The Democrats would bring new groups into their party and not notice that larger groups are going out the back door. Grover Norquist americanbackbring share on social
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security issues. But military and civilian pay and retirement benefits are not state secrets. This has already been done in many state governments. Grover Norquist benefitcheckcivilian share on social
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Grover Norquist carrycitizenconceal Change image and share on social