Government Regulation Quotes - Page 2

• The door of the Free Exercise Clause stands tightly closed against any government regulation of religious beliefs as such. Government may neither compel affirmation of a repugnant belief, nor penalize or discriminate against individuals or groups because they hold views abhorrent to the authorities.

  William J. Brennan

  Religious, Exercise, Government

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• It's clear that there has to be some play between the vitality of invention in economic life and some regulation of it, and in some ways the great ideological wars of the 20th century that cost so many lives had to do with whether to have managed economies directed by government or economies directed by the free movement of capital, which is only partially subject to government regulation.

  Robert Hass

  War, Government, Play

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.

  Alec Baldwin

  Zero, Government, Slave Labor

  Source: www.npr.org

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• It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Thinking, Government, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Anyone believing the TPP is good for Americans take note: The foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based corporations could just as easily challenge any U.S. government regulation they claim unfairly diminishes their profits - say, a regulation protecting American consumers from unsafe products or unhealthy foods, investors from fraudulent securities or predatory lending, workers from unsafe working conditions, taxpayers from another bailout of Wall Street, or the environment from toxic emissions.

  Robert Reich

  Wall, Believe, Government

  "Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Is a Pending Disaster" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 6, 2015.

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• It is America, I don't want the government trying to control more of my life. I want less government control, and I think there are too many government regulations, laws and taxes on the books.

  Trent Lott

  Book, Thinking, Government

  "Two Former Senators Share Thoughts On The 2016 Campaign". "Here & Now" with Jeremy Hobson, www.wbur.org. January 25, 2016.

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• Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth, and various forms of social engineering to manipulate human relationships and attitudes.

  Richard Ebeling

  Attitude, Government, Engineering

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• Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but their power exists for good or evil.

  Winifred Holtby

  Teacher, Teaching, Government

  Winifred Holtby, Alice Holtby (1941). “Letters to a friend”

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• Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge.

  Anthony Kennedy

  Government, Challenges, May

  "Record Contrasts With Bork's" by Al Kamen and Ruth Marcus, www.washingtonpost.com. November 09, 1987.

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• The free enterprise concept inherent in the economic model of capitalism should mean common people, or lower and middle class wage-earners, have greater potential to rise up and gain financial independence. In reality, however, free enterprise all too often leads to an almost total lack of government regulation that in turn allows the global elite to run amuck in Gordon Gecko-style financial coups.

  James Morcan

  Running, Mean, Reality

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• I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

  David Frum

  Government, Years, Issues

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• Conservatives... are so opposed to government regulations that they are skeptical of anyone who identifies a problem that requires regulatory solutions - and they are inherently accepting of those who downplay such problems.

  Joseph J. Romm

  Government, Climate, Regulation

  Joseph J. Romm (2007). “Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do”, William Morrow & Co

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• The history of government regulation of food safety is one of government watchdogs chasing the horse after it's out of the barn.

  David Aaron Kessler

  Horse, Food, Government

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• [Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa.

  Michael Pollan

  Government, Accountability, Vices

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• During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to roll back government regulations.Trump plans to nominate fast food executive Andrew Puzder to head the Labor Department and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the EPA. If confirmed, the two men would signal a sharp break from the policies of the [Barack] Obama administration.

  Rachel Martin

  Men, Two, Oklahoma

  Source: www.npr.org

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