Regulations Quotes
Most popular regulations quotes
![I am angry about policies that consistently favor the wealthy and powerful over average Americans, and insist that government has an important role in opening up opportunity to all. - Barack Obama quote.](/img/q/73/873A-i-am-angry-about-policies-that-consistently-favor-wealthy-powerful-barack-obama.png)
I am angry about policies that consistently favor the wealthy and powerful over average Americans, and insist that government has an important role in opening up opportunity to all.
![These crazy booms should be watched. Alan Greenspan didn't think so. He's a capable man but he's an idiot. You should not make him the father of all banking. His hero is Ayn Rand. It's an unlikely place to look for wisdom. A lot of people think that if an ax murderer goes around killing people in a free market it's all right. - Charlie Munger quote.](/img/q/30/11930A-these-crazy-booms-should-be-watched-alan-greenspan-didnt-think-charlie-munger.png)
These crazy booms should be watched. Alan Greenspan didn't think so. He's a capable man but he's an idiot. You should not make him the father of all banking. His hero is Ayn Rand. It's an unlikely place to look for wisdom. A lot of people think that if an ax murderer goes around killing people in a free market it's all right.
![I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts. - Charlie Munger quote.](/img/q/38/11938A-i-do-not-think-you-can-trust-bankers-control-themselves-charlie-munger.png)
I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts.
![The whole world is better when you don't reduce engineering standards in finance. We skipped a total disaster by a hair's breadth. . . . I'm a big fan of the people who took us through the crisis. I'm not a big fan of the people who caused the crisis. Some of them deserve to be in the lowest circle of hell. - Charlie Munger quote.](/img/q/45/11945A-the-whole-world-is-better-when-you-dont-reduce-engineering-charlie-munger.png)
The whole world is better when you don't reduce engineering standards in finance. We skipped a total disaster by a hair's breadth. . . . I'm a big fan of the people who took us through the crisis. I'm not a big fan of the people who caused the crisis. Some of them deserve to be in the lowest circle of hell.
![When Hitler was in his bunker before he shot himself, he said, 'This isn't my fault. The German people just don't appreciate me enough.' That's the attitude of a lot of bankers. They think their silliness is necessary. Banks will not rein themselves in voluntarily. You need adult supervision. - Charlie Munger quote.](/img/q/03/12003A-when-hitler-was-in-his-bunker-before-he-shot-himself-charlie-munger.png)
When Hitler was in his bunker before he shot himself, he said, 'This isn't my fault. The German people just don't appreciate me enough.' That's the attitude of a lot of bankers. They think their silliness is necessary. Banks will not rein themselves in voluntarily. You need adult supervision.
![It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. - Ansel Adams quote.](/img/q/44/15044A-it-is-horrifying-that-we-have-fight-our-own-government-ansel-adams.png)
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
![We haven't got too much time left to ensure that government of the earth, by the earth, for the earth, shall not perish from the people. - C. P. Snow quote.](/img/q/50/15050A-we-havent-got-too-much-time-left-ensure-that-government-c-p-snow.png)
We haven't got too much time left to ensure that government of the earth, by the earth, for the earth, shall not perish from the people.
![The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power. - Woodrow Wilson quote.](/img/q/37/15137A-the-history-of-liberty-is-a-history-limitation-government-power-woodrow-wilson.png)
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power.
![A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster quote.](/img/q/37/15237A-a-strong-conviction-that-something-must-be-done-is-parent-daniel-webster.png)
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.
![Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. - Montesquieu quote.](/img/q/67/15267A-useless-laws-weaken-the-necessary-laws-montesquieu.png)
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
![Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. - Edmund Burke quote.](/img/q/68/15268A-bad-laws-are-the-worst-sort-tyranny-edmund-burke.png)
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
![Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. - Henry David Thoreau quote.](/img/q/70/15270A-government-never-furthered-any-enterprise-but-by-alacrity-with-which-henry-david-thoreau.png)
Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.