"I am for a government rigorously frugal..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt; and not for a multiplication of officers & salaries merely to make partisans, & for increasing, by every device, the public debt, on the principle of its being a public blessing.
More by Thomas Jefferson
“the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors, & to the public.”
“The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.”
“I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.”
More on Government
“You are, I am sure, aware that genuine popular support in the United States is required to carry out any Government policy, foreign or domestic. The American people make up their own minds and no governmental action can change it.”
“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been”
“No politician is ever benefited by saving money; it is spending it that makes him.”
More on Fiscal Responsibility
“I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay.”
“Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.”
“Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if we can't justify it, then we're not going to spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, just to make somebody happy, if it's not good for the economy.”