As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

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.

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

In Scotland the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least Labour voters are satisfied with their government.

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.

What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power.

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.

The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions like churches and families which stand between the state and individuals.

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack and it's a bit ridiculous.

Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be.

Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that in most cases it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.

I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.

There are a lot of good causes out there but they can't possibly all be served by government.

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown as an intern but I already had a job.

I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked but it didn't.

I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.

Acquire a government over your ideas that they may come down when they are called and depart when they are bidden.

I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.

I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all we encounter it every day.

The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.