Rush Limbaugh

Obamacare is not about improved health care or cheaper insurance or better treatment or insuring the uninsured, and it never has been about that. It's about statism. It's about expanding the government. It's about control over the population. It is about everything but health care.

American Entertainer

Arthur C. Brooks

FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about the Obama Narrative. It is the FDR Narrative on steroids. It is intended to lead to greater statism and political gain.

American Author

Grover Norquist

Someday I hope Americans will not believe that anyone had to spend his or her days fighting for limited government because everyone they know wants maximum freedom and minimum statism.

American Politician

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

European centralism, European statism, the communitization of sovereign debt, a Europeanization of social systems and of the minimum wage would be the wrong way.

German Politician

Marco Rubio

You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government.

Foster Friess

If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.

American Businessman

Ludwig von Mises

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Austrian Economist

Statism involves government control beyond the economy, affecting social policies and personal freedoms.

Not Just Economics

Statism describes a situation where the state's control is unusually extensive and pervasive.

Extensive Control

The term 'statism' often carries a negative connotation, suggesting excessive governmental control.

Negative Connotation

Statism refers to varying levels of state involvement in policies, not always full control.

Policy Involvement

The extent of 'statism' implied can depend on historical and cultural context.

Context Sensitivity

There are degrees of statism; not all forms involve complete state ownership or regulation.