Quotes About Regulation

The problem with Mr. Obama is that you get more regulation and it's a disincentive for businessmen to hire people. You probably also get higher taxes, so in terms of the economy, he is very negative in my view.

The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.

The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet.

The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.

Once the censorship board clears a film, there should not be any other obstacle for a film's theatrical run.

Theft of a firearm should be punished as a felony, plain and simple.

A theme I'm obsessed with is the tension between human nature and the frameworks designed to curb the worst and promote the best of it.

Laws and machines are shaped to fit the classes.

It also meant that no state could legislate

Don't steal - the government hates competition!

Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

It's amazing that people don't understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the distribution, and the higher the quality.

government interventions create unintended consequences that lead to calls for further intervention, and so on into a destructive spiral of more and more government control.

Altogether there are about 22 million government busybodies meddling in the lives of Americans.

Protect IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are a step towards a different kind of Internet. They are a step towards an Internet in which those with money and lawyers and access to power have a greater voice than those who don't.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size

Man is not free unless government is limited.

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

The government

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!