43 Quotes About Government Regulation

The government has a lot of power in our lives. They have the ability to do things that we cannot even imagine, and they have the ability to restrict our freedoms in ways that seem completely unfair. But not all government regulations are bad. In fact, many regulations help protect us from harm and improve our lives Read more

But when government regulations become excessive or when they are used for questionable purposes, they can be a source of great controversy. These five quotes about government-regulation teach us to be critical and diligent in our dealings with the government and to know what is and isn’t right.

It has been my personal experience that the government engages...
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It has been my personal experience that the government engages in a wide range of frauds with the common people. Steven Magee
Regulations in an
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Regulations in an "Idea Economy" are restraints on innovation. A.E. Samaan
Funny, I don't particularly care for either
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Funny, I don't particularly care for either "laws" or "order". Liberty is messy. Freedom yields imperfect results. A.E. Samaan
The right to
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The right to "liberty" and "pursuit" of happiness is incompatible with a government that makes choices for you. A.E. Samaan
Legislating morality grows big government immensely, and helps fashion the...
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Legislating morality grows big government immensely, and helps fashion the noose the government will use to ultimately hang you by. A.E. Samaan
You either limit the government, or you limit the scope...
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You either limit the government, or you limit the scope of your life. Why is the government that precious to you in the first place? A.E. Samaan
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There is no more precious currency than the unfettered liberty to explore while engaged in an "Idea Economy". You cannot centrally plan the "Idea Economy" any more than you can plan fun or spontaneity. Regulations are restraints in an "Idea Economy". The entrepreneur is either free to experiment or not. A.E. Samaan
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I am not interested in having freedom from burdens. I don't need any authority to free me from responsibility. I am not interested in having freedoms within an authoritarian's parameters. I am only interested in self-determination. I have only respect for liberty as I am a libertarian. A.E. Samaan
There has never been a more important time to vote...
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There has never been a more important time to vote for the Green Party! Steven Magee
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Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, police internal affairs and the government. Steven Magee
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You know that when a utility company is going down the fantasy route, they are likely hiding some illegal activity that they are engaging in. Fabricating fictional stories to their government regulator is just one of the many illegal activities that they engage in. Steven Magee
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The future of the next generation relies on astronomers obtaining a full understanding ofthe rapidly changing human environmental conditions and the halting of biologically toxic corporategovernment policies. The overloading of the electromagnetic environment is one of these disastrouspolicies that must stop. Steven Magee
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If you want to be lied to, all you have to do is believe everything that the government tells you. Steven Magee
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There is an intentional disregard for human health and safety in many government agencies that are tasked with protecting it. Steven Magee
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There is a dangerous willful ignorance in governments to the adverse health effects of the various forms of electromagnetic radiation. Steven Magee
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â€â€¹On top of the government-hierarchy you need an unpolluted group of scientists to give a nation the best direction. Abhijit Naskar
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Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government. Steven Magee
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It is clear that the protective functions of workplace health and safety have transferred to the workers through the process of corporate government deregulation and reduced funding of relevant government departments. Steven Magee
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Corrupt governments are run by corrupt politicians that run corrupt law enforcement agencies. Steven Magee
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Government scientists are commonly as corrupt as the corporate government that employs them. Steven Magee
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Police internal affairs is amongst the most corrupt departments that you will find in governments. Steven Magee
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I sincerely hope that President Barack Obama’s government will be remembered as the peak of deregulated corporate corruption and not the ongoing rise of it. Steven Magee
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The term "totalitarian" was derived from Adolf Hitler's "Total State", which was a "craddle to grave" solution that sought to micro-manage all aspects of humanity. A.E. Samaan
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Tyrants are obvious, and easy to identify. It is the well entrenched and corrupt establishment that is truly insidious. A.E. Samaan
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The biggest criminals that I have met in life are working for the government. They make mass murderers look like amateurs. Steven Magee
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According to an original reading of the Constitution and Declaration, the intrusiveness that is an inevitable part of big government is an offense against its people. A.E. Samaan
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Very few tyrants argued for the slavery of the masses. Instead, they argued for their right to protect the people from themselves. A.E. Samaan
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The central planners of Democratic Socialism tighten their noose when people resist their plans and assert their rights. All Socialism is intended to devolve into Communism, and as a result, Totalitarianism. A.E. Samaan
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You can get to oppression through regulation, especially in an "Idea Economy" which necessitates liberty of the mind to explore. A.E. Samaan
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My evanescent anarchistic tendencies are purely classical. I use the word anarchist in the sense in which it was understood by the ancient Greeks. They, of course, accepted the anarchist as a fairly respectable--if somewhat vehement--opponent of government encroachment on the individual's rights to think and act freely. It is in this sense that I glimpse myself as an anarchist--regretting the growth of government and the ever-increasing trend toward regulation and, worst of all, standardization of human activity. . J. Paul Getty
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We are in the energy dictatorship that calls itself the United States of America. Steven Magee
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The idea economy is a conversation. Try to channel or control that conversation and you will stop the chatter. A.E. Samaan
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More to the point, one cannot understand The Holocaust without understanding the intentions, ideology, and mechanisms that were put in place in 1933. The eugenics movement may have come to a catastrophic crescendo with the Hitler regime, but the political movement, the world-view, the ideology, and the science that aspired to breed humans like prized horses began almost 100 years earlier. More poignantly, the ideology and those legal and governmental mechanisms of a eugenic world-view inevitably lead back to the British and American counterparts that Hitler’s scientists collaborated with. Posterity must gain understanding of the players that made eugenics a respectable scientific and political movement, as Hitler’s regime was able to evade wholesale condemnation in those critical years between 1933 and 1943 precisely because eugenics had gained international acceptance. As this book will evidence, Hitler’s infamous 1933 laws mimicked those already in place in the United States, Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Canada. So what is this scientific and political movement that for 100 years aspired to breed humans like dogs or horses? Eugenics is quite literally, as defined by its principal proponents, an attempt at “directing evolution” by controlling any aspect of human existence that affects human heredity. From its onset, Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin and the man credited with the creation of the science of eugenics, knew that the cause of eugenics had to be observed with religious fervor and dedication. As the quote on the opening pages of this book illustrates, a eugenicist must “intrude, intrude, intrude.” A vigilant control over anything and everything that affects the gene pool is essential to eugenics. The policies could not allow for the individual to enjoy self-government or self-determination any more than a horse breeder can allow the animals to determine whom to breed with. One simply cannot breed humans like horses without imbuing the state with the level of control a farmer has over its livestock, not only controlling procreation, but also the diet, access to medical services, and living conditions. . A.E. Samaan
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The term "racist" comes from the word "racialist": Someone that sees the world from a racial prism. A.E. Samaan
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Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906] Edmund Morris
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, I believe in some type of free market system. I just don’t think you’ll find an example of one completely free from government intervention. Kenneth Eade
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Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism. A.E. Samaan
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Behind the facade of elected government are a bunch of corporate controlled gangsters running the country. Steven Magee
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Even Adam Smith's "invisible hand" occasionally needs a slap on the wrist. Bill Mech
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ProtectionI requested the figures on OSHA whistle-blower complaints made and the number actually upheld. OSHA refused to supply them. They also refused to uphold my OSHA complaints and provide whistle-blower protection to me. My independent research leads me to understand that they uphold almost no OSHA whistle-blower complaints. It is very concerning that it seems like the same thing is happening with complaints made to Police Internal Affairs. Steven Magee
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Marx called Darwin a plagiarist and Malthus a fraud. Now all Marxists are Malthusian Darwinists. A.E. Samaan
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Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is a major problem from poorly tested products and it should be dealt with sooner rather than later by government regulators. Steven Magee