Quotes About Control

You can't regulate what these kids are being exposed to on the Internet. It's so way out of control. All you can do is just try to talk to your own kids.

Washington agencies are now trying a backdoor approach to regulate our climate by abusing existing laws.

Congress has broad powers to regulate and control commerce. Congress also cannot force a state to 'un-decriminalize' something; states' rights are routinely upheld by the Court.

I think over the long run, it's better that government does not regulate the content of speech.

Regulation creates a moral hazard.

What one has created by regulation, one could address by regulation.

Regulation is necessary, particularly in a sector, like the banking sector, which exposes countries and people to a risk.

Generally I'm against regulation.

More regulation is not the best answer to every problem.

There is no such thing as free regulation.

While legislation obviously is political, we now have allowed regulation to become politicized, which we believe will likely lead to some bad outcomes.

Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like.

A ban on a class of arms is not an 'incidental' regulation. It is equivalent to a ban on a category of speech.

It's worth knowing that there's very different sets of regulation for the print press and for broadcast media. They're different things, particularly during campaign periods.

With less regulation, I think you would see growth come back. Of course, there are situations where you need regulation. Antitrust regulation, for example, is a good idea because you want competition. But beyond that, it gets very difficult.

In general, we believe in regulation - just as long as it is fair and balanced.

We don't need any more regulation from government. You don't need overarching moralism to tell you how to live because human beings actually have a pretty well-developed moral center. The more government intrudes on the basic decisions you make, the further away you get from your natural morality.

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.

I don't want to have anything to do with the government. And yet if we don't have any regulations, there goes civilization, there goes security, and there goes protecting you against what people are going to sell you.

If I may discuss the idea of explosion. The number of regulations issued in the last two years is approximately the same as the number issued in the last two years of the Bush administration.

We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.

The Clean Air Act of 1970 was designed to control air pollution on a national level by authorizing the development of comprehensive regulations to limit emissions.

Unilaterally disarming the American economy through crushing regulations will empower Washington but few others.

You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.