Steve Forbes People Quotations

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.

People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We're going to have to apply the heat to make sure.

I think the idea of trying to demonize Governor Romney's going to backfire. Their attempts so far have failed pretty outstandingly and I think at the end of the day, people are going to say, 'what was Obama's record?' Governor Romney's got pro-growth Reaganesque proposals on the table.

Don't phase in the cuts over five years, ... Help people now.

Is he afraid that the American people will find out what he really stands for, or that he has no vision at all?

You get huge changes in the last seven to 10 days as people really focus. I come from the business sector, where competition is a daily fact of life.

Especially after what we've had in Washington for seven years, I think people want to get to know their candidates, ... They don't want surprises after the election.

This is a free country, as is the United States, and certain people want to protest because they have a different view of how to alleviate poverty,

By simply hitting on the issues, I think people will note the contrast between the substance of what I'm saying and the lack of it from another quarter,

The flat tax is a tax cut. Any way you slice it, your tax bill will be reduced under the plan... Under the flat tax, 65 million returns, or 42 percent of all returns, would owe no tax by the year 2010. That's right. We'll say it again: Millions of lower-income people will not have to pay any tax.

This is the real message to send to the Washington power brokers. Thanks to you they have finally met their match and they're going to get their ultimate comeuppance in the race in the weeks ahead as we the people take back the power.

I chose 17 percent because, with the generous exemptions, it allows people to meet their basic needs, but also produces a healthy revenue stream,

The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.