“Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.” PeopleStatesGovernmentSocialCitizensWasteAgencyOfficialsContractsBureaucratsBreachSocial ContractGovernment Officials Author:Bob Riley
“There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees, who will start ripping off the billions of dollars available in new contracts. Every single one of these stories is going to be a big one.” StoriesBigsGovernmentCompanyTreatsVictimDollarsCharityAvailableBillionsContractsConstructionSophisticatedAngleIncompetenceInsurance CompaniesScamsFollow UpLevees Author:Brian Ross
“It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under corporate form... they shall do so under absolutely truthful representations... Great corporations exist only because they were created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.” MenGovernmentFormBusinessRightsDutyHarmonyInstitutionsPropertyPrivilegeLimitationCorporateCorporationsContractsTruthfulRepresentationProperty Rights Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question, and thereby begging the real one.” IfsRealProblemGovernmentLawTermLossAnswersParticularAuthorityPerformancesAbsenceFixedAssumptionContractsOfficersProvidingNo ProblemBeggingRule Of LawNo MoneyDefaultReal OnesContracting Author:Felix Frankfurter
“I believe the best way to help our small businesses is not only through small-business loans, which we have increased since I've been the president of the United States, but to unbundle government contracts so people have a chance to be able to bid and receive a contract to help get their business going.” PeopleWayBelieveStatesHelpingGovernmentAbleI BelievePresidentChanceUnitedUnited StatesBest WayContractsSmall BusinessLoan Author:George W. Bush