Control Quote by Touker Suleyman

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

— Ronald Reagan

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Higher energy prices act like a tax.

— John W. Snow

Government does not have a revenue problem; government has a spending problem. Government does not have a revenue problem; government has a priority problem.…

— Marsha Blackburn

Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically…

— Leonard Read

High tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay.

— Thomas Sowell

So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year…

— Bill Gates

Higher energy prices act like a tax. They reduce the disposable income people have available for other things after they've paid their energy bills.

— John W. Snow

I suggested that countries with tighter finances think about such a [fuel] tax. We don't have the time at the moment for months of…

— Wolfgang Schauble

It isn't possible to give government just a little control over the economy and our lives. Once we cede that power to government, it…

— Harry Browne

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government…

— Sherwood Boehlert

There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.

— Julia Gillard