Narendra Modi Quotes

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

Less Government in Business and More Business in Government

I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman.

The government shouldn't run anything, because it cannot run anything.

Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more.

It should not be the government running the economy.

The Tea Party folks may be sincere, loyal citizens, but their notions about how the economy works are exactly that: mere notions. Their core notion is that government needs to do nothing more than get out of the way of business in order for the economy to boom and bloom.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

Government intervention only hurts; it doesn't help.

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

The media has brainwashed the electorate to expect the government to do something. The best economic policy of any government is to do nothing but reduce the size of the government, reduce the size of the laws, and reduce the size of regulations.

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate.

What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions.

An orthodox belief in big government's inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry's inability to compete with big government.

Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.

Have the government get out of the way.

Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.

The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

The best thing that governments can do is get out of business. When governments interfere less, managers can do their jobs better.

The government playing entrepreneur is not a good role for the government.