Steven Rattner Quotes
Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.Steven Rattner
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
Mackenzie King -
Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!
Nathan Meyer Rothschild -
Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.
Hank Johnson -
There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.
Naomi Klein -
Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'
Nathan Myhrvold -
No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
Barry O'Farrell
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
Victoria Woodhull -
Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
Samuel Freeman Miller -
Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.
Owen Paterson -
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
Orrin Hatch -
Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
P. T. Barnum -
Criminals gravitate into government positions like natural law.
G. Edward Griffin
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A government should not function based on the pressures of some or others. It should try to adapt a mix of measures that fits every context and generates the appropriate steps forward.
Laura Chinchilla -
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
Ralph Hall -
Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.' I think that's a bit of why they were glorified.
Lane Garrison -
The organization of the government itself is something which we ought to examine in a more self-conscious way - the Federal Reserve and the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The mission that each of them has is mainly economic but should be informed by good organizational practices.
Oliver E. Williamson -
I was the Republican governor of the heavily Democratic state of New Mexico. I focused on good government, and I got it done - just like my running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The people of New Mexico reelected me by a comfortable margin. Ditto for Weld.
Gary Johnson -
I would like to see whether my supposed successors can really operate the government without causing a crisis.
Ferdinand Marcos
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We're trying to help the Harper government deliver on its commitment to cut spending. There are billions of dollars to be saved.
Elizabeth May -
My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
Tao Okamoto -
Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.
Mahershala Ali -
I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.
Geri Halliwell Spice Girls -
Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.
Steven Rattner