"Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub." ― Grover Norquist Topic(s): Government More From Grover Norquist "Look, the center right coalition in American politics today is best understood as a coalition of groups and individuals that on the issue that brings them to politics what they want from the government is to be left alone." "Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on your faith." "The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, ‘Oh, Grover Norquist has power.’ No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue." More In Government "Education is the investment our generation makes in the future."― Mitt Romney "Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people."― Theodore Roosevelt "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."― Thomas Jefferson