Best Government Shutdown Quotes & Sayings

It's one thing to stick to your guns. It's quite another to hold those guns to the heads of your citizens. — Lori Goodwin

A government shutdown is inexcusable. — Darlene Senger

They've lost their minds. — Harry Reid

I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible ... [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance of the role of government. And as frustrated [as people get with] Washington, there are so many things [the government does] that are so important to people's lives every day. The panda cam, paying small businesses their loans - these are all things that shut down. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell

You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote made more money during last year's one-month government shutdown than a minimum wage worker makes in an entire year. — William J. Clinton

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again. — Stephen Colbert

1995 government shutdown from GOP underestimating Clinton. — Newt Gingrich

When someone calls you a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe because you happen to disagree with them about tax policy or same-sex marriage or abortion, that's bullying. When someone slanders you because you happen to disagree with them about global warming or the government shutdown, that's bullying. When someone labels you a bad human being because they disagree with you, they are bullying you. They are attacking your character without justification. That's nasty. In fact, it makes them nasty. — Ben Shapiro

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. — Monica Lewinsky

How many are worried about a government shutdown? How many are more worried about it starting back up? — Jay Leno

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle. — John Culberson

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does. — Mike Lee

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will. — Debbie Stabenow

What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for it, other than a damaged brand. — Trey Gowdy

We've got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick. — Jay Leno

The political disfunction that has brought about the shutdown and now threatens default, isn't so much gridlock. It is exposing the fatal flaw in our Constitution and highly distinct system of government. In other words, it's the Constitution's fault. Something truly catastrophic was bound to happen sooner or later. — Chris Hayes

Republicans: 'we fought the good fight' - yeah, it woulda been worth it if we could have prevented just one poor kid from getting a free inhaler. — Bill Maher

I think it was absolutely a mistake for President Obama and Harry Reid to force a government shutdown. — Ted Cruz