Madison Cawthorne in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)


On Budget & Economy: Not going to promise you free things; I offer your freedom

It is time to stand up and say we are going to react to what the Democrats do. When they try to do these spending bills, try to spend $1.9 trillion, the conservative ideas that we are going to give our own version of the liberal ideas that cost less, that is not what we are as conservatives. I am not going to promise you free things. conservatives in government, we believe that we are going to offer you something immeasurably more valuable, that is your freedom.
Source: Remarks by Rep. Cawthorne at the 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 26, 2021

On Principles & Values: Strong governments that fix problems can take your liberty

Our government is trying to purchase votes in their scramble to have nothing but complete power. They are promising free things, to forgive student loans. The problem I have with this, it is intellectually dishonest, they think Americans are too na‹ve to note that in the end we are the ones who have to foot the bill. When you have a government strong enough to fix your problems and heal all of your woes, you have a government strong enough to take away all of your liberty.
Source: Remarks by Rep. Cawthorne at the 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 26, 2021

The above quotations are from Speeches at Conservative Political Action Conferences (2020s).
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