The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

There is likely to be a lag between the need for action and government ["an individual's" or "a team's"] recognition of the need; a further lag between recognition of the need for action and the taking of action; and a still further lag between the action and its effects

Why is it that private insurance companies are not in trouble because people are getting older? Aren't they subject to the same demographics? The difference is that they've accumulated a fund, not a pay-in, pay-out system.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

When something goes wrong, the natural tendency is to say, "By God, we need to pass a law and do something."