Pat Toomey Quotations

The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.

I tend to look at things from the supply side, looking for ways to make it less expensive to do more production. I think that's what creates a demand and keeps an economy moving.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in.

If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase.

After 2003, we lowered taxes across the board. And by 2004, revenue to the federal government grew. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan cut taxes dramatically. And by the end of the decade, revenue coming in the federal government had doubled.

I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that it's a vital and compelling national security objective of the United States that we ought to use military force to remove him from power. He's not the only unpleasant and unsavory dictator in the world.

I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employed hundreds of Pennsylvanians. I know how to get jobs moving in the private sector, rein in the excesses in Washington, and bring some balance to a town that's lost all balance.

If you have a federal government that's not enforcing the law and does not preserve the integrity of its own borders, then naturally, states are going to take matters into their own hands.

I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.

I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.

I think it's the broadest source of dissatisfaction amongst Republicans, out-of-control spending.

There is no member of the House of Representatives more committed to the idea of limited government and economic freedom than John Shadegg.

What they're talking about doing is the very least we could do. If they can't even do that, then it's a very big problem for the party.

Unless and until they actually manage to repeal the First Amendment itself, we are going to find a way to give voice to the tens of thousands of people who share our views and want to have a voice in the political process.

He has a record of supporting pro-growth economic policies.

Laffey was in Washington making the rounds and I spoke with him then,

I think he intends to run for president, ... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.

well into the millions of dollars already this year.

We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work,

We're going to be a part of the biggest upset in Pennsylvania history. I believe all the energy and enthusiasm is on our side of the race.

I've never gotten the sense from this guy that he would be satisfied with being a caretaker.

This isn't the first time an American city has been devastated. We've had great disasters, and the federal government didn't always come in and rebuild these cities We shouldn't assume the only way to do this is through Uncle Sam.

This is a defining moment. The Republican Party came to power in 1995 by advocating limited government. But in the last four to five years, there has been no evidence that the Republican officials in the federal government have any remaining commitment to this vital principle.

They're on their way up, and they're going to be slow and methodical about recovering the political capital and the ground they will need to advance more of their agenda.

a bizarre interpretation of the Club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations governing nonprofit organizations.

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations,

I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.

There's a rising level of frustration with the disconnect between where the vast majority of conservatives are in this country and how Congress is behaving. There's going to be a wake-up call sooner or later.

Rudy Giuliani is more accomplished at cutting taxes than anyone else.

We need statutory spending limits written into law.

Fed role - legal system, currency & defense, within its means.

There is much debate in the scientific community as to the precise sources of global warming.

The club's principle purpose is to advocate for and defend pro-growth policies, ... We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work.

The Club's principal purpose is to advocate for and defend pro-growth policies, ... We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work.