government Quotes

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

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

We're in a period of uncertainty about [Donald Trump] administration policies and the range of what might happen is particularly higher. I don't think that these R&D and innovation budgets will be substantially reduced.

It is my belief that industry and government around the world should work even more closely to protect the privacy and security of Internet users, and promote the exchange of ideas, while respecting legitimate government considerations.

I believe in generous aid policies.

Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health.

Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.

The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

Well depending on the government, you either work through the government, which is ideal, because then you're strengthening their capabilities, or you work through the non-governmental organizations. It's never easy, and you know, it's just about the very basics of... ...