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I think a lot of times there is a tendency in Washington to make rules because of something that was adverse or fraud or something like that. And we make a lot of rules and end up hurting a lot of innocent people that are trying to start up their companies.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

Every time you have a new tax, or every time you have to pay really an inordinate amount for a regulation, it's really stifling this country and really stifling American business.

All the time, you take a look at what government rules are, so you can minimize the impact of government regulations. That's just smart business.

You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.

I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.

Rules matter, and to be rules they need to be universal in form: always do this, never do that. But it is foolish to rule out in advance the possibility that an occasion might arise when normal rules just don't apply. Rules are not there to be broken, but sometimes break them we must.