Eleanor Clift Quotes

It is hardly lack of due process for the Government to regulate that which it subsidizes.

The mere declaration by a legislature that a business is affected with a public interest is not conclusive of the question whether its attempted regulation on that ground is justified.

The job of government must be to provide the rules and the climate that will let the system work.

The railroads saw that they must either accept control by the State of control the State.

The era of big government may be over, but the era of regulation through litigation has just begun.

If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take care of all elements that might relate to a particular issue.

The central issue of our time - of all times - is the size, power and scope of government.

To say that only those businesses affected with a public interest may be regulated is but another way of stating that all those businesses which may be regulated are affected with a public interest.

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.

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

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

The market economy does not automatically guarantee growth, social justice, or even economic efficiency; achieving those ends requires that government play an important role.

You can't, in a government agency, regulate everything that moves ... you can't regulate everything ... you must strike a balance.

Public policy must lead and not merely react.

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

The wise rule of action is to restrict the powers of corporations within the … constitutional barrier.

Government has much wider dimensions than merely managing an economy.

I believe that we need to take government out of business, and then we need to take business and put business back into government because government has no place in our businesses

More and more it is evident that the State and if necessary the Nation, has got to possess the right of supervision and control as regards the great corporations.

Thousands of interests that have known no Federal regulation and control will be welded to the Government hereafter, and can only grow and develop under the hands of Congress and the President.

The state knows best how to protect resources.

The federal, state, and local governments are involved in virtually every aspect of business.

In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?

We are not smart enough to leave things to the market.

The U. S. Code of Federal Regulations is over 170 thousand ages long.