Doing nothing Quote by Thomas Hazlett

No policy is worth anything outside of reality.

— Charles de Gaulle

Instead of doing more badly, government should focus on doing less well.

— Joel Miller

Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose.

— Richard Lamm

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

— Neil Bush

The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must…

— Henry Hazlitt

The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.

— George C. Williams

There are a lot of policies that don't work out that are nevertheless worth doing.

— Daniel Fried

Donald Trump has done more for getting people to understand the importance of public policy that respond to public needs in an affirmative way…

— Barney Frank

Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Without a unified political climate of opinion, there is little or no political profit in doing the right thing.

— William A. Dembski

I think governments can't do much.

— Dalai Lama

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics

— Bradley Whitford