Business Quote by William Howard Taft

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.

— Ronald Reagan

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.

— Henry David Thoreau

“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include personal government will only guarantee our mediocrity.”

— Graham Cooke

“Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they…

— David Hume

“Under the neoliberal worldview, governments exist in order to create the optimal conditions for private interests to maximize their profits and wealth, based on…

— Naomi Klein

“The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not…

— Theodore Roosevelt

When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to…

— Mark Walport

“Governments must be made for human beings as they are, or as they are capable of speedily becoming.”

— John Stuart Mill

“And why do we think for a second that having the government involved will make things better”

— Adam Carolla

“The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Our country is now at risk of forgetting the value of limited government. We are told bigger government is necessary for the general welfare…

— Allen West