--- title: "14 Government Controls Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 14 Government Controls quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Government Controls sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/mitt-romney-268_consumers_the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-cos_1984283.jpg" --- > [The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-costs-is-not-by-applying-more/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/mitt-romney-268_consumers_the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-cos_1984283.jpg) > [We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-goldsmith/we-british-have-reached-the-state-where-the-private-sector-is-that/) [James Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/james-goldsmith-35899_british_we-british-have-reached-the-state-where_1964782.png) > [What government supports, government controls. This is an ancient axiom repeatedly ratified by experience. . . . Indeed, as is well known,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edd-doerr/what-government-supports-government-controls-this-is-an-ancient-axiom/) [Edd Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edd-doerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/edd-doerr-80054_acceptance_what-government-supports-government-cont_1574203.jpg) > [Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our lives. That's socialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/obama-believes-in-a-big-central-government-where-the-federal/) [Paul Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-broun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/paul-broun-13322_believes_obama-believes-in-a-big-central-governme_2655022.jpg) > [The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/the-problem-is-that-when-government-controls-the-economy-those-who/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/marco-rubio-355_economics_the-problem-is-that-when-government-cont_284748.png) > [The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/the-black-market-was-a-way-of-getting-around-government-controls-it/) [Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/milton-friedman-616_black_the-black-market-was-a-way-of-getting-ar_2477033.png) > [It isn't possible to give government just a little control over the economy and our lives. Once we cede that power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-browne/it-isn-t-possible-to-give-government-just-a-little-control-over-the/) [Harry Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-browne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/harry-browne-3285_economy_it-isn-t-possible-to-give-government-jus_2063815.jpg) > [When the government controls a limited supply, the government gets to decide who gets the vaccines and who doesn't. In some cases,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trish-regan/when-the-government-controls-a-limited-supply-the-government-gets-to/) [Trish Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trish-regan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/trish-regan-6276_controls_when-the-government-controls-a-limited-s_620355.jpg) > [When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state ... this violates a fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/when-a-government-controls-both-the-economic-power-of-individuals-and/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/p-j-o-rourke-184_economic_when-a-government-controls-both-the-econ_3224224.png) > [There can be no compromise between freedom and government controls; to accept 'just a few controls' is to surrender the principle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-can-be-no-compromise-between-freedom-and-government-controls-to/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/ayn-rand-59_accepting_there-can-be-no-compromise-between-freed_641405.jpg) > [The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-browne/the-problem-is-big-government-if-whoever-controls-government-can/) [Harry Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-browne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/harry-browne-3285_big-government_the-problem-is-big-government-if-whoever_1095568.jpg) > [In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/in-the-soviet-union-government-controls-industry-in-the-united-states/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/edward-abbey-254_differences_in-the-soviet-union-government-controls_1464727.jpg) > [No matter how much the government controls the economic system, any problem will be blamed on whatever small zone of freedom that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-richman/no-matter-how-much-the-government-controls-the-economic-system-any/) [Sheldon Richman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-richman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/sheldon-richman-22286_economic_no-matter-how-much-the-government-contro_1167131.png) > [If the government controls your health care, the government controls you. Obamacare was never about health care. It was about government power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/if-the-government-controls-your-health-care-the-government-controls/) [Monica Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/monica-crowley-7194_about_if-the-government-controls-your-health-c_691712.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-controls/#itemlist", "name": "Government Controls Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitt Romney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-costs-is-not-by-applying-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/mitt-romney-268_consumers_the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-cos_1984283.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/mitt-romney-268_consumers_the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-cos_1984283.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/mitt-romney-268_consumers_the-right-way-to-reign-in-healthcare-cos_1984283.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making…” — Mitt Romney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is that part that nobody controls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Goldsmith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-goldsmith/we-british-have-reached-the-state-where-the-private-sector-is-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/james-goldsmith-35899_british_we-british-have-reached-the-state-where_1964782.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/james-goldsmith-35899_british_we-british-have-reached-the-state-where_1964782.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/james-goldsmith-35899_british_we-british-have-reached-the-state-where_1964782.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government…” — James Goldsmith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What government supports, government controls. 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