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Quotes About Regulation

I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.
~ Jerry Brown
Those tax-exempt bonds were put in so that a town or a state or a government could sell more bonds than it ought to.
~ Will Rogers
When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens
~ John Warren Kindt
I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.
~ Keith Olbermann
I've always been about less government.
~ Kelly Clarkson
I can imagine [the government] trying to tell Steven Spielberg 'We need 50 different cuts of your movie for each state.' It will screw us up in a real way.
~ John Riccitiello
The government of India regulates nearly everything, so there's very little progress; whereas in Hong Kong the government keeps its hands off... and the standard of living has multiplied.
~ John Templeton
It was while starting my business that I saw my first glimpse of government's impact on business.
~ Kay Granger
Like the government, corporations must be bound with the chains of the Constitution, and especially of the Bill of Rights.
~ L. Neil Smith
Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.
~ Ron Paul
Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government
~ John Warren Kindt
Healthcare should be about market driven solutions, not government mandates.
~ Joni Ernst
More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.
~ Todd Akin
Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of that anonymity and that secrecy, there aren't laws to regulate it.
~ Maggie Gyllenhaal
If our government servants had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they have forced all of American business to do, they would be in jail.
~ Unknown
Most countries choose to have government run the economy.
~ Marco Rubio
Once you accept you're a child in the government nursery, why shouldn't Nanny tell you what to do?
~ Mark Steyn
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
~ William Weld
We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow.
~ Max Lucado
Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences.
~ Michael Arrington
Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.
~ Michael Bloomberg
Government is a necessary evil
~ Thomas Paine
I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.
~ Michael Moriarty