I can't remember one [example of regulation] that's good. Regulation of transport, regulation of agriculture - agriculture is a, zoning is z.… — Ronald Coase Copy Share Image
What the Democrats have to understand is that while we do need to reform our regulation and we do need more restrictions,… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
A better way to help American companies compete against competitors abroad is to remove all series and myriad of obstacles they face… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Democrats' desperate attempt to focus on campaign finance reform instead of laws that may have been broken by the Clinton-Gore campaign is… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
The more we can encourage entrepreneurship, particularly for young people, the more they have hope. That requires some reforms in these [African]… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't think the idea of requiring these to be only sold to people who have already own the bonds, in other… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
When I look at the web, it's clear that the web is a fantastic instrument for all of us. It's clear that… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
Classic was Jimmy Savile’s use of the cloak of authority and kindness. Savile’s celebrity allowed him to acquire this authority. As we… — Daniel Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Nations are an historic reality in Europe. They all have different histories, and they joined the EU at very different times and… — Lech Kaczynski Copy Share Image
If, however, a government refrains from regulations and allows matters to take their course, essential commodities soon attain a level of price… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
But in the financial markets, without proper institutional rules, there's the law of the jungle - because there's greed! There's nothing wrong… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
What Americans don't want to admit ... is that not only is there not a contradiction between state regulation and freedom, but… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I like to tell small business owners and entrepreneurs, 'I get it. I have your back on this. I understand about regulation.… — Linda McMahon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What a nightmare it would be if we individually had to criminalise every single abuse of every single commodity, market or financial… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
We adults protect ourselves with laws, police, workplace regulations and social norms and there is no conceivable reason why children should be… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
When I was in the California legislature in the '80s, the organic growers, who were sort of the small hippie farmers in… — Sam Farr Copy Share Image
Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and… — David Puttnam Copy Share Image
Most politicians are ever eager to regulate industrial and commercial activity and strike at the economic elite with confiscatory taxation. Unfortunately, regulation… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Does anyone believe for one moment that the progress we have made would have been possible under bureaucratic control of any government.… — Roger Babson Copy Share Image
The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. All of these people breathing and burning our atmosphere has led to an… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
In nations that have become too complex, taxes and regulation cause at least a doubling of the amount employers must spend on… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
I think [GMO] is one area where the is a need for legal regulations to make sure that companies - because at… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I want regulation. I want to protect our environment. I want regulations for safety. I want all of the regulations that we… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they… — Daniel Kammen Copy Share Image
We will not make inroads into the gun-violence problem until we acknowledge the underlying causes of youth behavior today, compared to yesterday.… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
If we speak about fundamental things, regulation of the rate is actually the function of the main regulator, namely the function of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
When I talk about self-management, self-regulation, self-government, the word I emphasize is self, and my concern is with the reconstruction of the… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
In America, we do not have a democracy. It's not what we have. We have a representative republic and therefore the rules… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If we remain fearful, then we will be further stripped of power as we barrel towards this neofeudalistic state where there is… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
![“I can't remember one [example of regulation] that's good. Regulation of transport, regulation of agriculture - agriculture is a, zoning is z. You know, you go from a to z, they are all bad. There were so many studies, and the result was quite universal: The effects were bad.” quote by Ronald Coase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/ronald-coase-17623_agriculture_i-can-t-remember-one-example-of-regulati_654706.png)
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![“... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give the Treasury Department health and safety authority over the gun industry, and any rational regulator with that authority would ban handguns.” quote by Josh Sugarmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/josh-sugarmann-37570_amendment_immediately-call-on-congress-to-pass-far_255542.png)
![“I think [GMO] is one area where the is a need for legal regulations to make sure that companies - because at the moment, companies are the ones that have this technology - will not use this technology in a way that could adversely affect the people.” quote by Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/wangari-maathai-2479_areas_i-think-gmo-is-one-area-where-the-is-a-n_2780516.jpg)
![“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the…” quote by Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/adam-smith-1040_adopted_the-interest-of-businessmen-is-always-in_2983313.jpg)
