Deeper state intervention in an economy means that…

Now technology gives you a chance to help organize. You don't have to wait for either the inefficiency or the corruption. You don't have…

— Maria Ressa

Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of…

— Ayn Rand

All the evils, abuses, and iniquities, popularly ascribed to businessmen and to capitalism, were not caused by an unregulated economy or by a free…

— Ayn Rand

Government intervention in the economy - through taxes, regulation and, most importantly, currency inflation - causes distortions and misallocations of capital that must eventually…

— Doug Casey

Did not shy away from centralized intervention in the economy where he though it necessary

— Denis Mack-Smith

State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved.…

— Benito Mussolini

This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any state intervention in a sovereign nation's affairs.

— Abby Martin

The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars…

— Theda Skocpol

The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects…

— A. V. Dicey

Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to…

— Gunnar Myrdal

[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

“A mere enumeration of government activity is evidence -- often the sole evidence offered -- of "inadequate" nongovernment institutions, whose "inability" to cope with…

— Thomas Sowell

“He did not foresee that in a predatory capitalist economy, state intervention would be an absolute necessity to preserve human existence and to prevent…

— Noam Chomsky

Discussions of the economy, especially during times of crisis, are often framed in terms of lessons we supposedly learned during the Depression of the…

— Thomas Woods