Limited government Quote by Jane Mayer

“This reduction of 'society' to a thin membrane of interactions between private individuals is presented today as the ambition of libertarians and free marketeers.…

— Tony Judt

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

— Martin Van Buren

“With all of their backbreaking hard work, they felt it unfair to have such a significant portion of the fruits of their labors confiscated…

— Ben Carson

“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Moreover, it was social democracy and the welfare state that bound the professional and commercial middle classes to liberal institutions in the wake of…

— Tony Judt

“Beyond infrastructure, the conservative sees the proper role of government as providing not European-style universal entitlements but a firm safety net, meaning Julia-like treatment…

— Charles Krauthammer

Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government,…

— George W. Bush

“The Kochs were not alone. As they sought ways to steer American politics hard to the right without having to win the popular vote,…

— Jane Mayer

The government is largely influenced by people who advocate corporate welfare and advocate these policies that create this two-tiered society...

— Charles Koch

“Ideology follows the money." "Governments don't protect people, people protect governments." "To accept the legitimacy of the state is to embrace the necessity for…

— Lawrence Samuels

“At their most eloquent, proponents of neoliberalism sound as if they are doing poor people, the environment, and everybody else a tremendous service as…

— Noam Chomsky

“Within this stable and secure environment people had the ability and the incentive to pursue their own economic interests.”

— Edward A. Hudson