Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Now you have to be a collaborator and you have to bring on governments and convince people. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Billionaires should never be responsible for solving problems, because they're not the government. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the government to do the right things. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Make sure people get educated, help out with health emergencies. Those things, the government should do. That's 96 per cent of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The answer is simple, and harsh. The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, and governments did not subsidize… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We really have to work hard to remind people even though this is far away, that's it's probably the most generous thing… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The government is somewhat inept, but the private sector is inept in general. How many companies do venture capitalists invest in that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
here are economies like China's economy where it's less than a tenth [of a percent] today, although it is growing, is quite… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Government investment unlocks a huge amount of private sector activity, but the basic research that we put into IT work that led… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We certainly see opportunities in Vietnam for talented people to have jobs in the IT sector, including the improvement of the efficiency… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, 'The government's corrupt,' and not having the intelligence service see your… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Every three years, we have to go to the governments and say, okay, you know you're saving millions of lives and even… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The government's ability to select scientists and pick things that are fairly strange, because politicians don't like failures. They're only in office… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's a unique thing about the UK, where you give a very generous foreign aid budget to support globally, which is spent… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Finally, assuming that many of those are fulfilled, which won't be easy in tight budget times, we're taking the supply side at… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they'll… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In most of these things our foundation is a co-funder, so I can say that a polio or an HIV vaccine, that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is my belief that industry and government around the world should work even more closely to protect the privacy and security… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
That's the part where the governments have a unique role, and then when it progresses well enough, then existing companies or new… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The government is there day in and day out, if you want all kids to have education, if you want to run… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image