Quote by Eric Robert Morse Download Open image ““Government action causes special interest reaction.”” — Eric Robert Morse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The biggest mistake that you will make in life is believing that governments act in the public interest.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The smaller the unit of government and the more restricted the functions assigned government, the less likely it is that its actions will reflect… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Public interest has been subordinated to private interest, and when there is no clear distinction between them, it opens the door to endless opportunities… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“When a nation was faced with a choice between abstract principle or complete self-interest, it took self-interest every time.” — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
“...the special interests are almost everybody. Everybody perceives they stand to lose if the economy is allowed to evolve. They are right if their… — William W. Lewis Copy Share Image
Politicians pay more attention to interest groups than to the public interest. — Alice Rivlin Copy Share Image
Obama, startled that components of government behave as interest groups, seems utterly unfamiliar with public choice theory. It demystifies and de-romanticizes politics by applying… — George Will Copy Share Image
“Communal ownership means that all benefit for a short time; private ownership means that few people benefit over the course of an extended period… — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
“It is not a leap to suggest that all of the distinctive advances made between 1500 and today, for better or worse, were directly… — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that it is irrational to get involved in politics, so, as a matter of course, the rational stay away and only the… — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.” — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
“Like clockwork, the powerful end up dictating, and so everyone is forced to compete for power, which only leads to an ever-escalating quest for… — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
“In short, self-rule is workable only when a people are self-sufficient enough to reject the hierarchic system as it stands.” — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
“The irony of collective ownership is that it spurs more selfishness than does private ownership.” — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image