A Quote by David Blunkett

Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show.

David Blunkett

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David Blunkett
British - Politician
Born: June 6, 1947

We should invest in healthcare... We can and we should do all of this without succumbing to the siren song of big government.

Tate Reeves

I'm in show business, and we have a long history here of making movies about law enforcement officers. If you're my age, and you're male, and you're trying to get work, you're going to run into those roles as opposed to having a long run of playing dancers.

Timothy Olyphant

Government should stand aside and let the business community prosper instead of imposing new regulations that will only stifle growth and limit access to capital.

Sam Graves

We have parts of our system which are overwhelmed by regulation. It wasn't the absence of regulation that was the problem. It was despite the presence of regulation you got huge risks built up.

Timothy Geithner

Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.

Sharron Angle

The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties of private citizens.

Josh Jones

We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.

Irvine Welsh

You can't run a government solely on a business basis...Government should be human. It should have a heart.

Herbert H. Lehman

Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance.

Kehinde Wiley

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies, - opposed to a protective tariff, - opposed to a latitudinal construction of the constitution, - opposed to slavery agitation and disunion. This is my democracy. Point to a single act of my public career not in keeping with these principles.

Sam Houston

There should be consequences for those who openly voice racist and fascist opinions. Our politicians should stand up way more; our justice system should stand up way more and punish these people harder than they ever did before.

Til Schweiger

Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.

Ed Rendell

The government should only have one voice so the country knows what we stand for, so the world knows what we stand for.

Esther McVey

We are often told that curtailing the freedom of business is coercive and undemocratic. But by what democratic principle should corporations and billionaires decide the fate of current and future generations? When a government releases them from regulation, it allows them to determine whether other people live or die.

George Monbiot

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.