At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Sin may result from activities that begin innocently or that are perfectly legitimate in moderation, but in excess they can cause us to veer from the straight and narrow path to our destruction.
We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.
It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government.
If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.
Now we are in a situation in which for a significant part of the industrial world too much could become a danger, especially too much of the things which are really not good for us in such large quantities.
If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.
We've got to look at waste, fraud, and abuse across the board.
As we try to make the financial system safer, we must inevitably confront the problem of moral hazard.
You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it.