"We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government." ― Rand Paul Topic(s): Government More From Rand Paul "I’ve had an interest in politics since I was a little kid." "I tell people I won’t vote to go to war unless I’m ready to go or send my kids." "We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries – the financial industry or any other industry." More In Government "My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and he’s screaming right-wing, so there you are."― Thom Yorke "Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men."― Franklin D. Roosevelt "Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government."― Rick Perry