Financial Quote by Llewellyn Rockwell

It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided.

— Mario Cuomo

...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service.

— Ron Paul

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid

— Will Rogers

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.

— Steve Largent

Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.

— William A. Dembski

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is…

— Ayn Rand

The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.

— Donna Shalala

Government isn't there just to administer life support to failing markets. Without the government, many of those markets would not even exist.

— Rutger Bregman

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government…

— Barack Obama

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment…

— George Washington

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

— George Washington

If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

— Lyndon B. Johnson