I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
In business, you learn from mistakes. In government, they never do.
It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.
It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.
I can't worry about the consequences of what I do; that's not my job.
What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.
For significant job creation to occur, prospective entrepreneurs and current business owners must not fear the future or be under assault from their own government in the present.