There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Individuals usually do a better job than the government.
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
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.
Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.
I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.
Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.
We can't do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.
Government on its own is always inefficient.
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.
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