Quotes About Relying On Government

#1. All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

James Surowiecki

#2. Even when I haven't had money, I found money to travel. It's a luxury that's a kind of necessity, I think.

Beth Orton

#3. Anywhere in the world you hear a Chicago bluesman play, it's a Chicago sound born and bred.

Ralph Metcalfe

#4. I grew up as a child living 'Red Dawn.' I was leaping out of spider holes, mowing down Russkies at the age of eight.

C. Thomas Howell

#5. The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.

Frances O'Grady

#6. Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

John Perry Barlow

#7. It takes a number of years to learn to hold the mind perfectly in one place. But each day we do it a little better, and in the doing we're releasing energy that is taking our mind in higher diffuse planes of attention.

Frederick Lenz

#8. Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to achieve your objectives causes the same kind of chaos in foreign policy that it does in matters closer to home.

Alan Wolfe

#9. In the midst of Our great grief,' announced Alexander III, 'the voice of God bids Us to stand staunchly for government relying on God's design with faith in the truth of autocratic power.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

#10. The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.

Ibrahim Babangida

#11. Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling.

Charlotte Beers

#12. You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government.

Lawrence Summers

#13. So how do we do this trip, knowing it's all an illusion? How do we do that? We can't do that. We can only hang on for the ride.

Art Hochberg

#14. Every man in this room wants you, Caro. I'm so fucking proud, I can't stop smiling.

Jane Harvey-Berrick