Jimmy John Liautaud Quotes

It should not be the government running the economy.

Either you believe in markets, or you believe in government.

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role.

If we have an economic crisis in the Western world it's because the government makes up 50 percent or more of the economy. This is a cancer that is taking away people's freedom.

Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.

Regulation of private enterprise and not Government ownership or operation is the course rightly to be pursued in our relation to business.

We want a market economy without any adjectives. Any compromises with that will only fuzzy up the problems we have.

We are on the our way to a free market economy. Regardless of the mistakes and omissions, the government has managed to implement a firm and consistent economic policy. Regardless of how incomplete it still is, the transition to free market relations and democracy has become irreversible.

The best thing that governments can do is get out of business. When governments interfere less, managers can do their jobs better.

Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, it's the objective.

The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.

We feel that the government should not interfere too much in private sector.

Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments - to direct the use of resources. Allowing the government to pick winners and losers hurts almost everyone, especially our poorest citizens.

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate.

Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more.

I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.

It would probably strike the average politician as absurd to argue that the best way to fix the economy is to stop trying to 'fix it.'

There's a difference between a free market and free-for-all market.

There is no pure free-market economy.

Have the government get out of the way.

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.