Regulation Quotes · Page 2

The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and…

— James Madison

No arbitrary regulation, no act of the legislature, can add anything to the capital of the country; it can only force it…

— John Ramsay McCulloch

Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs…

— Paul Driessen

The problem is that the global arms trade is entirely free of international regulation. In a world in which the flow of…

— Hilary Benn

In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to…

— Jack Welch

I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're…

— Dick Cheney

Unfortunately, liberals didn't stop with welfare-statism. They also turned to economic regulations, not understanding that such interventions, again, harmed the very people…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

Energy is a sector of the economy that has been particularly resistant to innovation. This is precisely the problem. It is why…

— Ted Nordhaus

Lots of white people think black people are stupid. They are stupid themselves for thinking so, but regulation will not make them…

— Stephen L. Carter

We've put a lot of attention and care into regulation and interfacing with regulators.

— Sam Bankman-Fried

Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they…

— Daniel Kammen

There's no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment, that I also believe there's an individual right to bear arms. That is…

— Hillary Clinton

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.

— Chris Asplen

One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of…

— Ray Stannard Baker

You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship.

— John Schnatter

We now have so many regulations that everyone is guilty of some violation.

— Donald Alexander

But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs…

— John Hutton

A company is a multidimensional system capable of growth, expansion, and self-regulation. It is, therefore, not a thing but a set of…

— Albert Low

State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about…

— Ian Bremmer

I always accepted the libertarian position of minimum regulation in the sale and use of firearms because I placed guns under the…

— Michael Shermer

The regulation of medicine has been a State function.

— Barney Frank

Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big…

— Marco Rubio

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.

— Dee Hock

The government isn't going to say, "We're going to regulate banks, but we'll leave these other companies alone." I think the regulators…

— Jamie Dimon