WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:49:10 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Niskanen, William A. – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Niskanen, William A. -- For a Less Responsive Government, Cato Policy Report (1996) https://wist.info/niskanen-william-a/2996/ https://wist.info/niskanen-william-a/2996/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=2996 As a nation we have lost our sense of tragedy, a recognition that bad things happen to good people. A nation that expects the government to prevent churches from burning, to control the price of bread or gasoline, to secure every job, and to find some villain for every dramatic accident, risks an even larger loss of life and liberty.


William A. Niskanen (1933-2011) American public policy analyst, economist
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