Quotes About Regulation

We're going to make sure there is a strong price on carbon right across the country, and we're hoping that the provinces are going to be able to do that, in a way, for themselves.

The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws - flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.

People know excessive consumption of anything is bad for health. By imposing a ban on something, we are, in a way, provoking them to do it.

As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.

In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.

Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.

I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial air emissions.

Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to be watching.

To say that only those businesses affected with a public interest may be regulated is but another way of stating that all those businesses which may be regulated are affected with a public interest.

Almost every business is regulated by the state. So if you're going to say, 'If you own any business, you shouldn't run for public office,' I don't think that's what we want.

Concealed carry reciprocity is a dream for the gun lobby lobbyists and a nightmare for public safety.

We make our public servants jump through quite a few hoops, you know. We get hysterical if they accept a $50 lunch from a lobbyist. We get hysterical if they accept a ride on some corporate jet.

There is a certain belief that so long as something is published in cyberspace there is no need to respect the laws of contempt or libel. This is mistaken.

If the press is to be free, the state has no role in regulating what is published.

If you're going to have a book published in China, that means that you're going to be subject to in-house censorship at the publisher, and then also, of course, the government has an apparatus that is in charge of making sure that ideas that are considered disruptive or overly critical, that those don't get onto bookstore shelves.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

It's hard to punish and save the banks at the same time.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

The FCC has made it clear it would punish a cable or phone company for deviating from providing 'neutral' access.

The onus should be on the banks and their compliance officers to ensure the analysts are kept separate from investment banking and they should be punished for breaches.

Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only affects responsible adults who follow the law.

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

People simply shouldn't buy puppies without a breeding certificate.