Erin Brockovich Quotes

A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.

The policy is one thing, but it's dictated by what the process is.

You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.

There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?

People hand over the power to you withimmense faith. It's your job to ensure tough implementation of laws.

In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.

Laws or ordinances unobserved, or partially attended to, had better never have been made.

No rules will be strong enough to prevent every abuse, yet good, strong regulations can stop the worst of it.

I have been trying to understand the regulators.

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

The rules are there for a reason.

Obviously, flagrant things have to be called. There are rules. You have got to play to the rules, no question.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

It's about living in a world with rules, or a world without rules.

We have to be careful about creating more rules.

My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.

We are constantly working towards the highest level of compliance possible.

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.

They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.

A need for enforcement implies the possibility of behavior that violates the rules of the game. The point is that if there were no possibility of violation, then you wouldn't need enforcement.

Do not have any doubt that I will apply the law over whoever is responsible for not complying with the law.