#regulation

Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good. ↗

— Douglas B. Reeves

#good #lead #leadership #mandate #morality

A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations. ↗

— Gary Miller

#competition #contribute #crude #crude oil #demand

There has never been a 'war on drugs'! In our history we can only see an ongoing conflict amongst various drug users – and producers. In ancient Mexico the use of alcohol was punishable by death, while the ritualistic use of mescaline was highly worshipped. In 17th century Russia, tobacco smokers were threatened with mutilation or decapitation, alcohol was legal. In Prussia, coffee drinking was prohibited to the lower classes, the use of tobacco and alcohol was legal. ↗

— Sebastian Marincolo

#caffeine #coffee #drug-user #drugs #legalization

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#business-regulation #corruption #education #business

I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#believe #bodies #check #conform #country

Business out there doesn't know what the rules are going to be, what regulations are coming out. They don't know what the taxes are going to be. If they invest in something, they don't know how they're going to be taxed as they get revenue out. In North Dakota, that doesn't happen. ↗

— Rick Berg

#coming #dakota #get #going #happen

Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it. ↗

— Joe Biden

#always #back #been #capital #casino

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#demand #freedom #fuel-efficient #gas #government

Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#balance #community #country #developed #elements

What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation. ↗

— Kevin Brady

#climate #fairer #good #lack #lower