Big government Quote by George Will

Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.

— Timothy Noah

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job…

— George W. Bush

The massive upward distribution of wealth engineered by our political class over the last few decades has solidified the plutocratic control of the rule-making…

— Bill Moyers

“When governments control everything, your perceived or glorified wealth is just an illusion. Attaining true generational wealth requires working rules of law, disaster-proof property…

— Olawale Daniel

Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance…

— Walter E. Williams

The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution -- because I actually…

— Barack Obama

Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number.

— Michael Pare

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich…

— Harold Laski

Big government squashes the human spirit

— Dennis Prager

The government doesn't create wealth of its own; it can only take it from some and distribute it to others or dictate particular public…

— Joel Miller

Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment.

— Henry Hazlitt

I have nothing against wealth; I believe that government has a role to play in creating it by supporting pro-growth policies. However, success comes…

— Justin Trudeau