Regulation Quotes - Page 7

In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant.

Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like.

In America, we do not have a democracy. It's not what we have. We have a representative republic and therefore the rules and regulations that have been written to maintain it are not truly democratic - not purely democratic - in origin. They are about protecting and defending the establishment of this republic.

Complex regulation in place of simple-rules capitalism disrupts market processes and corrupts business incentives.

Corporate conglomerates run without regulation do not work in the service of society, and run reckless and unchecked whenever possible.

Who has not wished that his host would come out frankly at the beginning of the visit and state, in no uncertain terms, the rulesand preferences of the household in such matters as the breakfast hour? And who has not sounded out his guest to find out what he likes in the regulation of his diet and modus vivendi (mode of living)?

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.

We've got to get rid of this discrimination, this chilling, this bigotry toward gays and lesbians that are reflected in literally hundreds and hundreds of statutes and regulations in this country.

In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission.

Words are just rules and regulations to me.

The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.

Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard. to do business.

The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation than for those of business.

The incident deepened my feeling for the Indian settlers. I discussed with them the advisability of making a test case, if it were found necessary to do so, after having seen the British Agent in the matter of these regulations.

The bureaucrat is not free to aim at improvement. He is bound to obey rules and regulations established by a superior body. He has no right to embark upon innovations if his superiors do not approve of them. His duty and his virtue is to be obedient.

Show me why your regulation of culture is needed. Show me how it does good. And until you can show me both, keep your lawyers away.

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.

Capital market liberalization includes freeing up deposit and lending rates, opening up the market to foreign banks, and removing restrictions on capital account transactions and bank lending. The focus is on deregulation, not on finding the right regulatory structure.

You can't overestimate what happens when you encourage regulators to believe that the goal of regulation is not to regulate.

Education is a regulation of the process of coming to share in the social consciousness; and that the adjustment of individual activity on the basis of this social consciousness is the only sure method of social reconstruction.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.

Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.

I've always been a ... believer in good regulation.