Mathieu Kassovitz Quotes

I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.

The five different areas in which boys are in crisis - education; jobs; emotional health; physical health; and fatherlessness - are handled by different portions of the government.

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.

What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress.

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 think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.

As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.

I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

If you read his … testimonies before Congress you will note that there is always something to be terribly, horribly and deeply worried about

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.

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

We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don't remember ever being hungry.

Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on the grounds that it is unfair for children to not get a chance in life because they were born to poor parents.

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.

There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action.

Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.

Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our lives.

Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of policies in the name of public health that are aimed at regulating personal behavior.

Leftist big-government policies have been disastrous for black America just as they were in the countries that most Hispanics emigrated from. But like the gambling addict who keeps gambling the more he loses, those addicted to government entitlements keep increasing the size of the government even as their situation worsens.

There is a divergence between private and social accounting that the market fails to register. One essential task of law and government is to institute the necessary conditions.

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 free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.