Mike Lee Government Quotations

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionally limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.