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The federal government is far larger than the Founding Fathers ever intended it to be. We have racked up over $16 trillion of debt through wasteful spending, and it is time that we cut that waste and start reducing the size of our government.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

We should have a very limited federal government.

It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.

The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost.

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

The government generally is just too top-heavy.

I don't think the federal government should be a part of everything. I think that governing should be done state-by-state... so that you can tailor your governing to the people's needs.

It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad.

It is not questioned that the Federal Government is one of limited powers. Its powers are such, and such only, as are expressly granted in the Constitution or are properly incident to the expressly granted powers and necessary to their execution.