Bill Gates Quotes

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits.

The question today is not whether the government is too small or too small, but whether or not it works

The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum and for determining the “rules of the game”.

Fed role - legal system, currency & defense, within its means.

I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful - but also very harmful to our society.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work.

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.

While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

The government has a responsibility to protect society, to help maintain society. That's why we have laws... The rule of law creates a set of standards for our behavior.

The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts.

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

I am not saying that government has nothing to offer. Government has an important role in fostering an environment conducive to business creation while also protecting its citizens. These are not mutually exclusive.

The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government shall do everything and the idea that government shall do nothing.

Just because there is a market failure, doesn’t mean there is a government solution.

Can government really be active and, at the same time, limited? History suggests otherwise.

Contrary to the myth of untrammeled free enterprise, this expanding industry was fueled at every stage by government intervention..

Good government has to mean less government.

I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman.

They think that the cure to big government is to have bigger government... the only effective cure is to reduce the scope of government - get government out of the business.