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Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.

Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it.

I am in favour of disinvestment. But if a disinvested company has to tie up with a government company for its livelihood, there is a problem.

You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control.

I don't believe in public companies... I would prefer to risk my own money, make any necessary changes fast and grow as quickly as possible.

You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that's a problem. It's a fiscal problem for us.

With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.

For a number of major companies, if you can't access the commercial markets, you can't fund your business. That's a big problem. You can't pay your bills.