Regulation Quotes - page 2

In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is. The principle of adjustment is taken for granted. When the idea of reason was conceived, it was intended to achieve more than the mere regulation of the relation between means and ends: it was regarded as the instrument for understanding the ends, for determining them. (Max Horkheimer)
Avarice and injustice are always shortsighted, and they did not foresee how much this regulation must obstruct improvement, and thereby hurt in the long-run the real interest of the landlord. View quote
Adam Smith
I might look like a honey-eyed schoolgirl on the outside, in my skirt with its regulation four-inches-above-the-knee hem. But I'll rip those tassels off your shoes, old man. Just try Googling me. View quote
Meg Cabot
A super-sized fraud of this magnitude was bound to happen given the lack of regulation of these off-shore entities. View quote
Harry Markopolos
If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's a vital part of them. View quote
James Surowiecki
As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation. View quote
Loretta Napoleoni
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. View quote
Jack Kemp
Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy. View quote
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate. View quote
Bob Corker
The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts unstable money. This encourages momentum trading and the growth of derivatives. Meanwhile, layers of financial regulation make Washington bigger and more powerful but don't fix the underlying problems. View quote
David Malpass
For diabetes in particular, we know there's a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that you could get your glucose in a tight, normal range just by adjusting your lifestyle, wouldn't that be great? (Eric Topol)
Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on. View quote
Ed Rendell
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? View quote
Gale Norton
We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation. View quote
George Allen
It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur. View quote
Harold Hamm
What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation. View quote
Kevin Brady
North Carolina is home to some of the largest financial institutions in the country, and a vibrant network of community banks. We're a banking state, and we're proud of that distinction. But we also understand that responsible financial regulation protects consumers and businesses. View quote
Kay Hagan
We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas. View quote
Mac Thornberry
Corporate conglomerates run without regulation do not work in the service of society, and run reckless and unchecked whenever possible. View quote
Robert Greenwald
Africa's informal economy is one of the most innovative and inventive environments in the world. Yet it is an environment with little regulation in which workers are often exposed to hard conditions and live without a safety net. View quote
Richard Attias
Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like. (Sam Wyly)
The road to recovery is to stimulate small business and innovation by reducing taxation, regulation, and litigation. View quote
Sandy Adams
I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me. View quote
Tatum O'Neal
Self-government means continuous effort to be independent of government control, whether it is foreign government or whether it is national. Swaraj government will be a sorry affair if people look up for the regulation of every detail of life. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
What then is it that, since 2007, has caused Wall Street capitalism's own suicide? At the bottom of this worst financial mess in a century is this: Milton Friedman-Friedrich Hayek libertarian laissez-faire capitalism, permitted to run wild without regulation. This is the root source of today's travails. Both of these men are dead, but their poisoned legacies live on. View quote
Paul Samuelson