Quotes by

Scott Walker

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but theyve been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs. – Scott Walker

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesnt work. So when they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services, its actually a false choice. – Scott Walker

But I dont want massive layoffs of anyone – public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips. – Scott Walker

Id like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. Id like to have an impact. – Scott Walker

So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They dont like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker something thats truly about freedom. – Scott Walker

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or well have poor education – thats a false choice. – Scott Walker

The unions say last hired – first fired,, we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom. – Scott Walker

I promised to empower the taxpayer – instead of a handful of big government union bosses. – Scott Walker

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better. – Scott Walker

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers. – Scott Walker

More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way. – Scott Walker

People create jobs, not the government. – Scott Walker

One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people – and not the other way around. – Scott Walker

I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that. – Scott Walker

What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers. – Scott Walker