Ability Quote by Calvin Coolidge

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.

— Ronald Reagan

Governments never supply prosperity. At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work. Usually they suppress it.

— Randy Gage

“Political mandates matter, but delivering on promises requires institutions. And it takes individuals to build those institutions, so expertise matters, as does the system’s…

— Shankkar Aiyar

I've seen the government up close and personal, and for the most part, it's inefficient and hidebound, and it stifles creativity in any industry…

— Homer Hickam

Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.

— Michael Tubbs

In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more.

— Matt Ridley

No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look…

— Benjamin Harrison

The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though…

— Alexander Hamilton

In many aspects of government, as in the tech world and investing, brains and temperament smash experience and seniority out of the park.

— Dominic Cummings

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is…

— Anthony Trollope

Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.

— Bill Owens